{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2018/211",
  "legislation_title": "The Optical Charges and Payments (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2018",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendments of the 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) substitute the amount specified in relation to it in column 2 of that Table (new amount).\nTable\nColumn 1\nOld Amount\nColumn 2\nNew Amount\n£39.10\n£39.50\n£59.30\n£59.90\n£86.90\n£87.80\n£196.00\n£198.00\n£67.50\n£68.20\n£85.60\n£86.50\n£111.20\n£112.30\n£215.50\n£217.70\n£200.80\n£202.80\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 “£12.60” substitute “£12.70”;\n(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b) (prism – other lens) for “£15.40” substitute “£15.60”;\n(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens) for “£4.40” substitute “£4.50”;\n(d) in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens) for “£4.90” substitute “£5.00”;\n(e) in paragraph 1(1)(e) (small glasses)—\n(i) in sub-head (i) for “£64.20” substitute “£64.80”;\n(ii) in sub-head (ii) for “£57.00” substitute “£57.60”;\n(iii) in sub-head (iii) for “£30.80” substitute “£31.10”;\n(f) for paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frames) substitute —\n“(g) where the voucher is issued by an ophthalmic medical practitioner, optician or a HSC Trust, the frame of which is certified by the ophthalmic medical practitioner, optician or a HSC Trust as being required to be specifically manufactured on account of the patient’s facial characteristics;\n(i) by £64.85 in the case of the supply or replacement of the glasses or repair of the whole frame;\n(ii) by £57.55 in the case of repair of the front of the frame; and\n(iii) by £31.10 in the case of repair of a side frame.;”\n(g) in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment — single vision lenses) for “£14.60” substitute “£14.70”; and\n(h) in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment — other cases) for “£37.40” substitute “£37.80”.\n(3) For Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (voucher value repair), substitute the Schedule 3 as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Schedule 1 was substituted by the Schedule to S.R. 1999 No. 111, and last amended by S.R. 2016 No. 335"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Schedule 2 was last amended by regulation 3(1) of S.R. 2016 No. 335"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Schedule 3 was substituted by regulation 3(3) of, and the Schedule to, S.R. 2016 No. 335"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2018/211/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:48:04.393192+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."
}