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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-1989/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-1989/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/396",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Redemption value of voucher for sight test",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Part of these Regulations the redemption value of a voucher is the amount, if any, by which the patient’s contribution falls short of the lesser of–\n(a) the NHS sight test fee; or\n(b) the full cost which would have been incurred by the patient for the sight test but for these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/396/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:47:59.924300+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."
}