{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule/part-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/schedule/part-I.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1999/111",
  "legislation_title": "Optical Charges and Payments (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "schedule/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations as Substituted by These Regulations",
  "text": "“SCHEDULE 1\nVoucher Letter Codes and Face Values — Supply and Replacement\nRegulations 1(2), 9(2)(a), 10(2)(a), and 16(2)(a) and (3)(a)\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\nType of optical appliance\nLetter Code\nFace value of voucher\n1 Glasses with single vision lenses of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres\nA\n£28·70\n2 Glasses with single vision lenses—\n(a) of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres;\n(b) of a spherical power less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres.\nB\n£43·60\n3 Glasses with single vision lenses of a spherical power of 10 or more dioptres but not more than 14 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres.\nC\n£59·40\n4 Glasses with single vision lenses—\n(a) of a spherical power of more than 14 dioptres with any cylindrical power;\n(b) of a cylindrical power of more than 6 dioptres with any spherical power.\nD\n£134·20\n5 Glasses with bifocal lenses of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres;\nE\n£49·50\n6 Glasses with bifocal lenses—\n(a) of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres;\n(b) of a spherical power less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres.\nF\n£63·00\n7 Glasses with bifocal lenses of a spherical power of 10 or more dioptres but not more than 14 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres;\nG\n£75·80\n8 Glasses with prism-controlled bifocal lenses of any power or with bifocal lenses—\n(a) of a spherical power of more than 14 dioptres with any cylindrical power;\n(b) with a cylindrical power of more than 6 dioptres with any spherical power.\nH\n£147·50\n9 Glasses not falling within any of paragraphs 1 to 8 for which a prescription is given in consequence of a testing of sight by an HSS trust.\nI\n£147·50\n10 Contact lenses for which a prescription is given in consequence of a testing of sight by an HSS trust.\nJ\n£42·00\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/111/schedule/part/I",
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  "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."
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