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Paragraph 1 I1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

The amounts in column 3 of Schedule 1 and column 2 of Schedule 3 and in paragraphs 2(a) and (b) of this Schedule shall be increased as follows—

(a)

by F1£6.00 in respect of each single vision lens containing a necessary prism;

(b)

by F2£6.90 in respect of each other lens containing a necessary prism;

(c)

by F3£3.00 in respect of each necessary single vision tinted F4or photochromic lens;

(d)

by F5£3.50 in respect of each necessary other tinted F6or photochromic lens;

(e)

by F7£47.30 in the case of supply or replacement of the glasses or repair of the whole frame, by £42.00 in the case of repair of the front of the frame and £22.70 in the case of repair of a side of a frame in respect of small glasses;

F8(f)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g)

where the voucher is issued or completed by an NHS trust, by F9£47.30 in respect of glasses the frame of which is certified by the NHS trust as being required to be specially manufactured on account of the patient’s facial characteristics.

(2)

The increases provided for by sub-paragraphs (1)(e) F10... and (g) of this paragraph do not apply in the case of a voucher relating to glasses if it is accepted in connection with the supply or replacement of contact lenses.

(3)

In sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph “necessary” in relation to a prism or a tinted or photochromic lens means that the prism, tint or photochromic quality has been prescribed on the basis of clinical need.

(4)

Where the face value of a voucher is increased in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(g) of this paragraph, it may not be further increased in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(e) of this paragraph.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sum in Sch. 2 para. 1(1)(a) substituted (1.4.1999) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/609), regs. 1(1), 10(2)(a)

F2

Sum in Sch. 2 para. 1(1)(b) substituted (1.4.1999) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/609), regs. 1(1), 10(2)(b)

F3

Sum in Sch. 2 para. 1(1)(c) substituted (1.4.1999) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/609), regs. 1(1), 10(2)(c)

F4

Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(1)(c) inserted (1.4.1999) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/609), regs. 1(1), 10(2)(c)

F5

Sum in Sch. 2 para. 1(1)(d) substituted (1.4.1999) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/609), regs. 1(1), 10(2)(d)

F6

Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(1)(d) inserted (1.4.1999) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/609), regs. 1(1), 10(2)(d)

F7

Sums in Sch. 2 para. 1(1)(e) substituted (1.4.1999) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/609), regs. 1(1), 10(2)(e)

F8

Sch. 2 para. 1(1)(f) revoked (1.4.1999) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/609), regs. 1(1), 11(a)

F9

Sum in Sch. 2 para. 1(1)(g) substituted (1.4.1999) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/609), regs. 1(1), 10(2)(f)

F10

Word in Sch. 2 para. 1(2) omitted (1.4.1999) by virtue of The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/609), regs. 1(1), 11(b)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 1.4.1997, see reg. 1(1)