Regulation 11 Issue of replacement vouchers by the Agency or an HSS trustI1

Where, on an application by a patient within 6 months of a voucher having been issued to him under regulation 9(1) or 10(1), the Agency or HSS trust is satisfied, having made such enquiries as it considers relevant, that the voucher has been lost or destroyed without having been presented to a supplier of optical appliances, it may issue to the patient a replacement voucher completed in accordance with Regulations 9(2)(a) and (b) or 10(2)(a) and (b), but with the date of issue of the voucher being that on which the replacement is issued.