{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/124",
  "legislation_title": "Optical Charges and Payments (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of Schedules to the principal regulations",
  "text": "(1) In Schedule 1 to the principal regulations (voucher letter codes and face values — supply and replacement) in column 3 (face value of voucher) for each amount specified in column 1 of the Table below (old amount) there shall be substituted the amount specified in relation to it in column 2 of that Table (new amount).\nTABLE\nColumn 1\nColumn 2\nOld amount\nNew amount\n£26·40\n£26·70\n£40·10\n£40.50\n£54·70\n£55·20\n£107·30\n£108·40\n£45·50\n£46·00\n£57·90\n£58·50\n£69·80\n£70·50\n£118·00 (in both places where it appears)\n£119·20\n£38.60\n£39·00\n(2) In Schedule 2 to the principal regulations (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances)—\n(a) in paragraph 1(1)(a) (prism — single vision lens) for “£5·10” there shall be substituted “£5·20”;\n(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b) (prism — other lens) for “£6·30” there shall be substituted “£6·40”;\n(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens) for “£2·60” there shall be substituted “£2·70”;\n(d) in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens) for “£3·10” there shall be substituted “£3·20”;\n(e) in paragraph 1(1)(e) (small glasses)—\n(i) in sub-head (i) for “£43·50” there shall be substituted “£43·90”,\n(ii) in sub-head (ii) for “£38·60” there shall be substituted “£39·00”, and\n(iii) in sub-head (iii) for “£20·90” there shall be substituted “£21·10”;\n(f) in paragraph 1(1)(f) (photochromic lenses) for “£2·60” there shall be substituted “£2·70” and for “£3·10” there shall be substituted “£3·20”;\n(g) in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frames) for “£43·50” there shall be substituted “£43·90”;\n(h) in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment — single vision lenses) for “£4·30” there shall be substituted “£4·40”; and\n(i) in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment — other cases) for “£23·40” there shall be substituted “£23·60”.\n(3) For Schedule 3 to the principal regulations (voucher values — repair) there shall be substituted the Schedule 3 set out in the Schedule.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in operation at 1.4.1996, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Schedule 1 was substituted by regulation 4 of S.R. 1992 No. 155 and subsequently amended by S.R. 1993 No. 141, S.R. 1994 No. 100, and S.R. 1995 No. 114"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraph 1(1)(e) was substituted by regulation 3(3)(e) of S.R. 1990 No. 99"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Schedule 3 was last substituted by regulation 4(3) of S.R. 1995 No. 114"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/124/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:36:51.007460+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."
}