Regulation 2 Amendment of the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 2013

(1)

The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 2013^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 20 (redemption value of voucher for replacement or repair)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)(b), for “£57.00” substitute “£58.15”;

(b)

in paragraph (3), for “£14.80” substitute “£15.10”.

(3)

In Schedule 1 (voucher letter codes and face values - supply and replacement), in column (3) of the table (face value of voucher)—

(a)

for “£39.10” substitute “£39.90”;

(b)

for “£59.30” substitute “£60.50”;

(c)

for “£86.90” substitute “£88.60”;

(d)

for “£196.00” substitute “£199.90”;

(e)

for “£67.50” substitute “£68.80”;

(f)

for “£85.60” substitute “£87.30”;

(g)

for “£111.20” substitute “£113.40”;

(h)

for “£215.50” substitute “£219.80”;

(i)

for “£200.80” substitute “£204.80”;

(j)

for “£57.00” substitute “£58.15”.

(4)

In Schedule 2 (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances)—

(a)

in paragraph 1(1)—

(i)

in paragraph (a), for “£12.60” substitute “£12.85”;

(ii)

in paragraph (b), for “£15.40” substitute “£15.70”;

(iii)

in paragraph (c), for “£4.40” substitute “£4.50”;

(iv)

in paragraph (d), for “£4.90” substitute “£5.00”;

(v)

in paragraph (e)—

(aa)

for “£64.20” substitute “£65.50”;

(bb)

for “£57.00” substitute “£58.15”;

(cc)

for “£30.80” substitute “£31.40”;

(vi)

in paragraph (f)—

(aa)

in sub-paragraph (i), for “£64.20” substitute “£65.50”;

(bb)

in sub-paragraph (ii), for “£57.00” substitute “£58.15”;

(cc)

in sub-paragraph (iii), for “£30.80” substitute “£31.40”;

(b)

in paragraph 2—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a), for “£14.60” substitute “£14.90”;

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (b), for “£37.40” substitute “£38.15”.

(5)

In Schedule 3 (voucher values – repair), for the table substitute—

(1)	(2)
Nature of repair	Letter of code - values
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Repair or replacement of one lens	12.40	22.70	36.75	92.40	26.85	36.10	49.15	102.35	94.85
Repair or replacement of two lenses	24.80	45.40	73.50	184.80	53.70	72.20	98.30	204.70	189.70
Repair or replacement of the front of a frame	12.70	12.70	12.70	12.70	12.70	12.70	12.70	12.70	12.70
Repair or replacement of a side of a frame	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50
Repair or replacement of the whole of a frame	15.10	15.10	15.10	15.10	15.10	15.10	15.10	15.10	15.10

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2013/461 as amended by S.I. 2014/418, 2015/417 and 2016/325. There are other amending instruments but none are relevant.