{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-2022/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2022/221",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 2013",
  "text": "(1) The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 2013 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 20 (redemption value of voucher for replacement or repair)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)(b), for “£57.00” substitute “£58.15”;\n(b) in paragraph (3), for “£14.80” substitute “£15.10”.\n(3) In Schedule 1 (voucher letter codes and face values - supply and replacement), in column (3) of the table (face value of voucher)—\n(a) for “£39.10” substitute “£39.90”;\n(b) for “£59.30” substitute “£60.50”;\n(c) for “£86.90” substitute “£88.60”;\n(d) for “£196.00” substitute “£199.90”;\n(e) for “£67.50” substitute “£68.80”;\n(f) for “£85.60” substitute “£87.30”;\n(g) for “£111.20” substitute “£113.40”;\n(h) for “£215.50” substitute “£219.80”;\n(i) for “£200.80” substitute “£204.80”;\n(j) for “£57.00” substitute “£58.15”.\n(4) In Schedule 2 (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances)—\n(a) in paragraph 1(1)—\n(i) in paragraph (a), for “£12.60” substitute “£12.85”;\n(ii) in paragraph (b), for “£15.40” substitute “£15.70”;\n(iii) in paragraph (c), for “£4.40” substitute “£4.50”;\n(iv) in paragraph (d), for “£4.90” substitute “£5.00”;\n(v) in paragraph (e)—\n(aa) for “£64.20” substitute “£65.50”;\n(bb) for “£57.00” substitute “£58.15”;\n(cc) for “£30.80” substitute “£31.40”;\n(vi) in paragraph (f)—\n(aa) in sub-paragraph (i), for “£64.20” substitute “£65.50”;\n(bb) in sub-paragraph (ii), for “£57.00” substitute “£58.15”;\n(cc) in sub-paragraph (iii), for “£30.80” substitute “£31.40”;\n(b) in paragraph 2—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for “£14.60” substitute “£14.90”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “£37.40” substitute “£38.15”.\n(5) In Schedule 3 (voucher values – repair), for the table substitute—\n(1)\n(2)\nNature of repair\nLetter of code - values\nA\nB\nC\nD\nE\nF\nG\nH\nI\n£\n£\n£\n£\n£\n£\n£\n£\n£\nRepair or replacement of one lens\n12.40\n22.70\n36.75\n92.40\n26.85\n36.10\n49.15\n102.35\n94.85\nRepair or replacement of two lenses\n24.80\n45.40\n73.50\n184.80\n53.70\n72.20\n98.30\n204.70\n189.70\nRepair or replacement of the front of a frame\n12.70\n12.70\n12.70\n12.70\n12.70\n12.70\n12.70\n12.70\n12.70\nRepair or replacement of a side of a frame\n7.50\n7.50\n7.50\n7.50\n7.50\n7.50\n7.50\n7.50\n7.50\nRepair or replacement of the whole of a frame\n15.10\n15.10\n15.10\n15.10\n15.10\n15.10\n15.10\n15.10\n15.10",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/221/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:03:23.630515+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}