# The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2024, 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 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 20 (redemption value of voucher for replacement or repair)—
(a) in paragraph (1)(b), for “£60.75” substitute “£61.77”;
(b) in paragraph (3), for “£15.80” substitute “£16.06”.
(3) In Schedule 1 (voucher letter codes and face values - supply and replacement), in column (3) (face value of voucher) of the table—
(a) for “£41.70” substitute “£42.40”;
(b) for “£63.20” substitute “£64.26”;
(c) for “£92.60” substitute “£94.14”;
(d) for “£208.90” substitute “£212.40”;
(e) for “£71.90” substitute “£73.10”;
(f) for “£91.20” substitute “£92.72”;
(g) for “£118.50” substitute “£120.48”;
(h) for “£229.70” substitute “£233.56”;
(i) for “£214.00” substitute “£217.58”;
(j) for “£60.75” substitute “£61.77”.
(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 “£13.45” substitute “£13.67”;
(ii) in paragraph (b), for “£16.40” substitute “£16.67”;
(iii) in paragraph (c), for “£4.70” substitute “£4.77”;
(iv) in paragraph (d), for “£5.20” substitute “£5.28”;
(v) in paragraph (e)—
(aa) for “£68.45” substitute “£69.60”;
(bb) for “£60.75” substitute “£61.77”;
(cc) for “£32.80” substitute “£33.35”;
(vi) in paragraph (f)—
(aa) in sub-paragraph (i), for “£68.45” substitute “£69.60”;
(bb) in sub-paragraph (ii), for “£60.75” substitute “£61.77”;
(cc) in sub-paragraph (iii), for “£32.80” substitute “£33.35”;
(b) in paragraph 2—
(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for “£15.55” substitute “£15.81”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “£39.90” substitute “£40.57”.
(5) In Schedule 3 (voucher values – repair), for the table substitute—
“
(1)
(2)
Nature of repair
Letter of code - value of voucher
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
Repair or replacement of one lens
£13.17
£24.10
£39.04
£98.17
£28.52
£38.33
£52.21
£108.75
£100.76
Repair or replacement of two lenses
£26.34
£48.20
£78.08
£196.34
£57.04
£76.66
£104.42
£217.50
£201.52
Repair or replacement of the front of a frame
£13.47
£13.47
£13.47
£13.47
£13.47
£13.47
£13.47
£13.47
£13.47
Repair or replacement of the side of a frame
£7.98
£7.98
£7.98
£7.98
£7.98
£7.98
£7.98
£7.98
£7.98
Repair or replacement of the whole of a frame
£16.06
£16.06
£16.06
£16.06
£16.06
£16.06
£16.06
£16.06
£16.06.
”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/294/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-2024/regulation-2
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