{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-2013/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-2013/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/461",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Payments to ophthalmic practitioners",
  "text": "(1) NHS England must, if the conditions specified in paragraph (2) are met, make a payment of the voucher's redemption value to an ophthalmic practitioner who has accepted a voucher in accordance with regulation 4(4).\n(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that—\n(a) the eligible person has signed the declaration in accordance with regulation 4(3); and\n(b) the ophthalmic practitioner has—\n(i) made a claim for a payment on a completed voucher ... to NHS England within three months of the date of completion of the sight test; and\n(ii) informed NHS England of the amount of the patient contribution; and\n(iii) submitted the claim in electronic form, subject to paragraph (3).\n(3) NHS England may accept submission of a claim referred to in paragraph (2)(b)(i) in paper form in such exceptional circumstances as NHS England may reasonably determine.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Regulations substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(2)(b)(i) omitted (1.1.2024) by virtue of The National Health Service (Ophthalmic Services and Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/848), regs. 1(2), 4(3)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(2)(b)(i) substituted (1.1.2024) by The National Health Service (Ophthalmic Services and Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/848), regs. 1(2), 4(3)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 5(2)(b)(iii) and word inserted (1.1.2024) by The National Health Service (Ophthalmic Services and Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/848), regs. 1(2), 4(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 5(3) inserted (1.1.2024) by The National Health Service (Ophthalmic Services and Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/848), regs. 1(2), 4(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/461/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:02:37.087843+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."
}