Regulation 4 Amendment of the Schedules to the Optical RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

In Schedule 1 to the Optical Regulations (voucher letter codes and face values – supply and replacement)^f1, 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).

TABLE

Column 1	Column 2
Old amount	New amount
£31·30	£32·10
£47·60	£48·80
£64·80	£71·30
£146·30	£161·00
£54·00	£55·40
£68·70	£70·40
£83·00	£91·30
£160·90	£177·00
£160·90	£164·90
£45·70	£46·80

(2)

In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances) –

(a)

in paragraph 1(1)(a) (prism – single vision lens) for “£10·10” there shall be substituted “£10·40”;

(b)

in paragraph 1(1)(b) (prism – other lens) for “£12·20” there shall be substituted “£12·50”;

(c)

in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens) for “£3·40” there shall be substituted “£3·50”;

(d)

in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens) for “£3·90” there shall be substituted “£4·00”;

(e)

in paragraph 1(1)(e) (small glasses) –

(i)

in sub-head (i) for “£51·50” there shall be substituted “£52·80”;

(ii)

in sub-head (ii) for “£45·70” there shall be substituted “£46·80”; and

(iii)

in sub-head (iii) for “£24·80” there shall be substituted “£25·40”;

(f)

in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frames) for “£51·50” there shall be substituted “£52·80”;

(g)

in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment – single vision lenses) for “£11·00” there shall be substituted “£12·10”; and

(h)

in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment – other cases) for “£27·70” there shall be substituted “£30·50”.

(3)

For Schedule 3 to the Optical Regulations (voucher values – repair)^f2, there shall be substituted the Schedule 3 set out in the Schedule.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 4 in operation at 1.4.2004, see reg. 1(1)(a)

Footnotes

f1: Schedule 1 is substituted by the Schedule to S.R. 1999 No. 111 and amended by S.R. 2003 No. 176
f2: Schedule 3 is substituted by the Schedule to S.R. 2003 No. 176