# The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 2013, Regulation 11: Issue of replacement vouchers


(1) This regulation applies where a person makes an application for a replacement voucher within a period of two years beginning on the date a voucher was issued to them under regulation 9 or 10.
(2) NHS England may authorise an ophthalmic practitioner to issue the person with a replacement voucher where, having made such enquiries as it considers relevant, it is satisfied that the voucher has been—
(a) lost; or
(b) destroyed, without having been presented to a supplier of optical appliances.
(3) The replacement voucher must be completed in accordance with regulation 9(4)(a) and (b) or 10(2)(a) and (b), but the date of issue of the voucher must be the date on which the replacement is issued.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/461/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-2013/regulation-11
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