{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-2023/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/244",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-2023",
  "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 “£58.15” substitute “£60.75”; and\n(b) in paragraph (3), for “£15.10” substitute “£15.80”.\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 “£39.90” substitute “£41.70”;\n(b) for “£60.50” substitute “£63.20”;\n(c) for “£88.60” substitute “£92.60”;\n(d) for “£199.90” substitute “£208.90”;\n(e) for “£68.80” substitute “£71.90”;\n(f) for “£87.30” substitute “£91.20”;\n(g) for “£113.40” substitute “£118.50”;\n(h) for “£219.80” substitute £229.70”;\n(i) for “£204.80” substitute “£214.00”; and\n(j) for “£58.15” substitute “£60.75”.\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 “£12.85” substitute “£13.45”;\n(ii) in paragraph (b), for “£15.70” substitute “£16.40”;\n(iii) in paragraph (c), for “£4.50” substitute “£4.70”;\n(iv) in paragraph (d), for “£5.00” substitute “£5.20”;\n(v) in paragraph (e)—\n(aa) for “£65.50” substitute “£68.45”;\n(bb) for “£58.15” substitute “£60.75”;\n(cc) for “£31.40” substitute “£32.80”;\n(vi) in paragraph (f)—\n(aa) in sub-paragraph (i), for “£65.50” substitute “£68.45”;\n(bb) in sub-paragraph (ii), for “£58.15” substitute “£60.75”;\n(cc) in sub-paragraph (iii), for “£31.40” substitute “£32.80”;\n(b) in paragraph 2—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for “£14.90” substitute “£15.55”; and\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “£38.15” substitute “£39.90”.\n(5) In Schedule 3 (voucher values—repair), for the table substitute—\n(1)\n(2)\nNature of repair\nLetter code – value of voucher\nA\nB\nC\nD\nE\nF\nG\nH\nI\n£\n£\n£\n£\n£\n£\n£\n£\n£\nRepair or replacement of one lens\n12.95\n23.70\n38.40\n96.55\n28.05\n37.70\n51.35\n106.95\n99.10\nRepair or replacement of two lenses\n25.90\n47.40\n76.80\n193.10\n56.10\n75.40\n102.70\n213.90\n198.20\nRepair or replacement of the front of a frame\n13.25\n13.25\n13.25\n13.25\n13.25\n13.25\n13.25\n13.25\n13.25\nRepair or replacement of the side of a frame\n7.85\n7.85\n7.85\n7.85\n7.85\n7.85\n7.85\n7.85\n7.85\nRepair or replacement of the whole of a frame\n15.80\n15.80\n15.80\n15.80\n15.80\n15.80\n15.80\n15.80\n15.80",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2013/461. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2016/325 and S.I. 2022/221. Under the Health and Care Act 2022, the NHS Commissioning Board was renamed NHS England (section 1). As a consequence of that change, under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 1 to the Health and Care Act 2022, the references to the NHS Commissioning Board in S.I. 2013/261 (defined as “the Board” in regulation 1(1)) are to be read, in relation to any time on or after 1st July 2022, as references to NHS England."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/244/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:48:36.633450+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."
}