# The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2000

S.S.I. 2000/395 · made 8 November 2000

These Regulations further amend the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/642) (“the principal Regulations”) which provide for payments to be made by means of a voucher system, in respect of costs incurred by certain categories of persons in connection with the supply, replacement or repair of optical appliances.

Made under: National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (Section 26, Section 70, Section 105, Section 108, Schedule 11 paragraph 2, Schedule 11 paragraph 2A)

## Introductory text

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
Made 8th November 2000
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 9th November 2000
Coming into force 1st December 2000
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 26, 70(1), 105(7) and 108(1) of, and paragraphs 2 and 2A of Schedule 11 to, the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2000, and shall come into force on 1st December 2000.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998.

## 2 Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations (interpretation), in the definition of “NHS sight test fee”–
(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for “£41.54” there is substituted “£42.79”; and
(b) in sub-paragraph (b) for “£15.01” there is substituted “£15.46”.

## Signature

SUSAN C DEACON
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
8th November 2000

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/642) (“the principal Regulations”) which provide for payments to be made by means of a voucher system, in respect of costs incurred by certain categories of persons in connection with the supply, replacement or repair of optical appliances.
Regulation 2 amends the definition of “NHS sight test fee” in regulation 1 of the principal Regulations to reflect the increase in fees for National Health Service sight tests payable to ophthalmic medical practitioners and opticians. This fee is set at two levels depending on whether or not the sight test was carried out at the patient’s home and the appropriate figure is used to calculate the value of assistance towards the cost of a private sight test.

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