{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-and-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-and-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2002/85",
  "legislation_title": "Optical Charges and Payments and General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-and-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment of the 1997 Regulations",
  "text": "(1) In Schedule 1 to the 1997 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£ 30·00\n£30·50\n£ 45·60\n£46·40\n£ 62·10\n£63·20\n£140·30\n£142·70\n£ 51·80\n£52·70\n£ 65·90\n£67·00\n£ 79·60\n£81·00\n£154·30 (in both places where it appears)\n£157·00\n£ 43·90\n£44·60\n(2) In Schedule 2 to the 1997 Regulations (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances)—\n(a) in paragraph 1(1)(a) (prism — single vision lens) for “£6·30” there shall be substituted “£9·90”;\n(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b) (prism — other lens) for “£7·20” there shall be substituted “£11·90”;\n(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens) for “£3·20” there shall be substituted “£3·30”;\n(d) in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens) for “£3·70” there shall be substituted “£3·80”;\n(e) in paragraph 1(1)(e) (small glasses)—\n(i) in sub-head (i) for “£49·40” there shall be substituted “£50·20”;\n(ii) in sub-head (ii) for “£43·90” there shall be substituted “£44·60”; and\n(iii) in sub-head (iii) for “£23·80” there shall be substituted “£24·20”;\n(f) in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frames) for “£49·40” there shall be substituted “£50·20”;\n(g) in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment — single vision lenses) for “£10·50” there shall be substituted “£10·70”; and\n(h) in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment — other cases) for “£26·50” there shall be substituted “£27·00”.\n(3) For Schedule 3 to the 1997 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. 5 in operation at 1.4.2002, see reg. 1(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Schedule 1 is substituted by the Schedule to S.R. 1999 No. 111 and amended by S.R. 2000 No. 51 and S.R. 2001 No. 133"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Schedule 3 is substituted by the Schedule to S.R. 2001 No. 133"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/85/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:08:30.617169+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."
}