{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-and-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-and-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/71",
  "legislation_title": "Optical Charges and Payments and General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-and-general-ophthalmic-services-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Schedules to the Optical Regulations",
  "text": "(1) In Schedule 1 to the Optical 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£32·10\n£32·90\n£48·80\n£50·00\n£71·30\n£73·10\n£161·00\n£165·00\n£55·40\n£56·80\n£70·40\n£72·20\n£91·30\n£93·60\n£177·00\n£181·40\n£164·90\n£169·00\n£46·80\n£48·00\n(2) In Schedule 2 to the Optical Regulations (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances) –\n(a) in paragraph 1(1)(a) (prism – single vision lens) for “£10·40” there shall be substituted “£10·70”;\n(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b) (prism – other lens) for “£12·50” there shall be substituted “£12·80”;\n(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens) for “£3·50” there shall be substituted “£3·60”;\n(d) in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens) for “£4·00” there shall be substituted “£4·10”;\n(e) in paragraph 1(1)(e) (small glasses) –\n(i) in sub-head (i) for “£52·80” there shall be substituted “£54·10”;\n(ii) in sub-head (ii) for “£46·80” there shall be substituted “£48·00”; and\n(iii) in sub-head (iii) for “£25·40” there shall be substituted “£26·00”;\n(f) in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frames) for “£52·80” there shall be substituted “£54·10”;\n(g) in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment – single vision lenses) for “£12·10” there shall be substituted “£12·40”; and\n(h) in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment – other cases) for “£30·50” there shall be substituted “£31·30”.\n(3) For Schedule 3 to the Optical 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. 4 in operation at 1.4.2005, 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. 2004 No. 92"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Schedule 3 is substituted by the Schedule to S.R. 2004 No. 92"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/71/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:54:04.853916+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."
}