# Optical Charges and Payments (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999, Regulation 2: Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations


In regulation 1 of the principal Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation)—
(a) in paragraph (2), in the definition of “health service sight test fee” for the amount “£39·04” substitute “£40·33” and for the amount “£14·10” substitute “£14·57”;
(b) in paragraph (2), for the definition “small glasses” substitute—
““small glasses” means glasses—
(a) prescribed for a child who is under the age of 7 years at the date of issue of a voucher relating to those glasses where the voucher is issued on the same occasion as the prescription relating to those glasses is issued;
(b) having a frame which is either custom made or a stock frame requiring extensive adaptation to ensure an adequate fit; and
(c) having a boxed centre distance of no more than 55 millimetres, and for this purpose “box centre” is to be construed in accordance with Part 1 of British Standard 3521/91 (Terms relating to ophthalmic optics and spectacles frames) published by the British Standards Institution as effective immediately before 1st April 1999;”;
(c) in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (3), before “where” insert “subject to sub-paragraph (bb),”;
(d) after sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (3), insert the following sub-paragraph—
“(bb) where an optical appliance has a bifocal lens, the reading segment of which is more than 4 dioptres more powerful than the distance segment, the power of the lens shall be determined according to the power of the reading segment; and”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/111/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/regulation-2
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