# Optical Charges and Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997, Regulation 2: Charges for optical appliances supplied by an HSS trust

Extent: N.I.

(1) A charge of such sum as is provided by this regulation shall be made and recovered in accordance with paragraph (2) in respect of the supply of an optical appliance by an HSS trust.
(2) Where a charge is payable by virtue of paragraph (1), an HSS trust, or other person on its behalf, that supplies or is to supply the optical appliance may—
(a) on arranging to supply the optical appliance, make the charge; and
(b) on supplying the optical appliance or having it available for supply, recover the charge from the patient (if it has not previously been paid).
(3) The charge for the supply of contact lenses shall be £39·80 for each contact lens supplied.
(4) Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6) the charges for glasses shall be the aggregate of the following—
(a) an amount which represents the cost to the HSS trust, or other person on its behalf, of the purchase of the glasses or their components; and
(b) an amount which represents the cost to the HSS trust, or any other person on its behalf, of the dispensing of the lenses.
(5) Where the aggregate of—
(a) the element of the amount mentioned in paragraph (4)(a) which represents the cost of the lenses; and
(b) the amount mentioned in paragraph (4)(b) exceeds, in the case of glasses each lens of which is a single vision lens, £48·80 and, in any other case, £79·40, the charge for glasses shall be the aggregate of that £48·80, or, as the case may be, £79·40, and, except in a case to which paragraph (6) applies, the element of the amount mentioned in paragraph (4)(a) which represents the cost of the frames.
(6) Where any patient requires, on clinical grounds, a frame the cost of which is more than the cheapest frame in the range supplied by the HSS trust, or other person on its behalf, the element of the amount mentioned in paragraph (4)(a) which represents the cost of the frames shall not exceed the amount equal to the cost of that cheapest frame.
(7) This regulation shall not apply to the supply of optical appliances to a patient for the time being resident in a hospital.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/191/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/optical-charges-and-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-2
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