# The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2004

W.S.I. 2004/1659 · made 30 June 2004

These Regulations further amend the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997, which provide for a scheme of payments to be made by Local Health Boards and National Health Service Trusts, by means of a voucher system, towards the costs incurred by certain categories of people in connection with sight tests and the supply, replacement and repair of optical appliances.

Made under: National Health Service Act 1977 (Section 126, Schedule 12 paragraph 2A)

## Introductory text

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALES
Made 30 June 2004
Coming into force 1 July 2004
The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 126(4) of, and paragraph 2A of Schedule 12 to the National Health Service Act 1977 hereby makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2004 and will come into force on 1 July 2004.
(2) In these Regulations “the 1997 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 1997”) means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997.
(3) These Regulations apply to Wales only.

## 2 Amendment of the 1997 Regulations

In regulation 1(2) of the 1997 Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation) in the definition of “NHS sight test fee”—
(a) for “£46.16” substitute “£49.19”; and
(b) for “£16.72” substitute “£17.82”.

## Signature

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998.
D . Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
30 June 2004

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997, which provide for a scheme of payments to be made by Local Health Boards and National Health Service Trusts, by means of a voucher system, towards the costs incurred by certain categories of people in connection with sight tests and the supply, replacement and repair of optical appliances.
Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the definition of “NHS sight test fee” to increase the values of the two levels of fee for NHS sight tests payable to ophthalmic medical practitioners and opticians. These amounts are relevant to the determination of eligibility for and, the redemption value of, a voucher towards the cost of a sight test.

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