# The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1992, Schedule: SCHEDULE 1 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS AS SUBSTITUTED BY THESE REGULATIONS


“SCHEDULE 1
VOUCHER LETTER CODES AND FACE VALUES—SUPPLY AND REPLACEMENT
Regulations 1(2), 9(3)(a), 10(3)(a), 11(3)(a) and 17(2)(a) and (3)(a)
1
2
3
Type of optical appliance
Letter code
Face value of voucher
1 Glasses with single vision lenses—
(a) of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres;
(b) of a spherical power of not more than 2 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres and not more than 4 dioptres.
A
£23.70
2 Glasses with single vision lenses—
(a) of a spherical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 4 dioptres;
(b) of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres.
B
£37.40
3 Glasses with single vision lenses—
(a) of a spherical power of 10 or more dioptres but not more than 20 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres;
(b) with a spherical power of not more than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 4 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres;
(c) of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but nor more than 4 dioptres.
C
£51.00
4 Glasses with single vision lenses—
(a) of a spherical power of more than 20 dioptres with any cylindrical power;
(b) of a spherical power of not more than 20 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 6 dioptres.
D
£100.00
5 Glasses with bifocal lenses—
(a) of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres;
(b) of a spherical power of not more than 2 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres and not more than 4 dioptres.
E
£41.00
6 Glasses with bifocal lenses—
(a) of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres;
(b) of a spherical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 4 dioptres.
F
£54.00
7 Glasses with bifocal lenses—
(a) of a spherical power of 10 or more dioptres but not more than 14 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres;
(b) of a spherical power of not more than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 4 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres;
(c) of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 4 dioptres.
G
£65.00
8 Glasses with prism-controlled bifocal lenses of any power or with bifocal lenses—
(a) of a spherical power of more than 14 dioptres with any cylindrical power;
(b) of a spherical power of not more than 14 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 6 dioptres.
H
£110.00
9 Glasses not falling within any of paragraphs 1 to 8 for which a prescription is given in consequence of a testing of sight by a health authority or an NHS trust.
I
£110.00
10 Contact lenses for which a prescription is given in consequence of a testing of sight by a health authority or an NHS trust.
J
£35.90 (per lens)
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/404/schedule (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1992/schedule
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