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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/396",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1989",
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  "heading": "VOUCHER LETTER CODES AND FACE VALUES – SUPPLY AND REPLACEMENT",
  "text": "1\n2\n3\nType of Optical Appliance\nLetter Code\nFace Value of Voucher\n1 Glasses with single vision lenses of a power (plus or minus) not exceeding–\n(a) as respects any spherical power, 6 dioptres;\n(b) as respects any cylindrical power, 2 dioptres.\nA\n£17.00\n2 Glasses with single vision lenses not falling within paragraph 1 or 3.\nB\n£28.00\n3 Glasses with single vision lenses–\n(a) of a spherical power (plus or minus) exceeding 20 dioptres;\n(b) of a spherical power (plus or minus) exceeding 10 dioptres with any cylindrical power;\n(c) of a cylindrical power (plus or minus) exceeding 6 dioptres; or\n(d) in lenticular form.\nC\n£46.00\n4 Glasses with bifocal lenses of a power (plus or minus) not exceeding–\n(a) as respects any spherical power, 6 dioptres;\n(b) as respects any cylindrical power, 2 dioptres.\nD\n£32.75\n5 Glasses with bifocal lenses not falling within paragraph 4 or 6.\nE\n£58.00\n6 Glasses with prism segment bifocal lenses or glasses with bifocal lenses–\n(a) of a spherical power (plus or minus) exceeding 20 dioptres;\n(b) of a spherical power (plus or minus) exceeding 10 dioptres with any cylindrical power;\n(c) of a cylindrical power (plus or minus) exceeding 6 dioptres; and\n(d) in lenticular form.\nF\n£98.00\n7 Glasses not falling within any of paragraphs 1 to 6 for which a prescription is given in consequence of a testing of sight by a health authority.\nG\n£98.00\n8 Contact lenses for which a prescription is given in consequence of a testing of sight by a health authority.\nH\n£26.50 per lens",
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