{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1998/86",
  "legislation_title": "Optical Charges and Payments (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1998",
  "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£27·20\n£28·00\n£41·30\n£42·50\n£56·30\n£57·90\n£110·60\n£113·70\n£46·90\n£48·20\n£59·70\n£61·40\n£71·90\n£73·90\n£121·60 (in both places where it appears)\n£125·00\n£39·80\n£40·90\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 “£5·30” there shall be substituted “£5·40”;\n(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b) (prism—other lens) for “£6·50” there shall be substituted “£6·70”;\n(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens) for “£2·80” there shall be substituted “£2·90”;\n(d) in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens) for “£3·30” there shall be substituted “£3·40”;\n(e) in paragraph 1(1)(e) (small glasses)—\n(i) in sub-head (i) for “£44·80” there shall be substituted “£46·10”;\n(ii) in sub-head (ii) for “£39·80” there shall be substituted “£40·90”; and\n(iii) in sub-head (iii) for “£21·50” there shall be substituted “£22·10”;\n(f) in paragraph 1(1)(f) (photochromic lenses) for “£2·80” there shall be substituted “£2·90” and for “£3·30” there shall be substituted “£3·40”;\n(g) in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frames) for “£44·80” there shall be substituted “£46·10”;\n(h) in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment— single vision lenses) for “£4·50” there shall be substituted “£4·60”; and\n(i) in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment—other cases) for “£24·10” there shall be substituted “£24·80”.\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": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/86/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:24:56.312637+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."
}