The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 and come into force on 1st April 2008.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998(1).

Amendment of the principal Regulations

2.—(1) The principal Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 8(3)(e) (eligibility – supply of optical appliances)(2) for–

(a) “specified in regulation 3(1)(b)” substitute “referred to in regulation 3(1)(b)(ii)”; and

(b) “2007” substitute “2008(3)”.

(3) In regulation 19 (redemption value of voucher for replacement or repair)(4)–

(a) in paragraph (1)(b) for “£50.50” substitute “£51.90”;

(b) in paragraph (3)(a) for “£13.00” substitute “£13.40”; and

(c) in paragraph (3)(b) for “£57.00” substitute “£58.50”.

(4) In Schedule 1 (voucher letter codes and face values supply and replacement)(5) in column 3 (face value of voucher) for each amount specified in column 1 of the table (old amount) substitute the amount specified in relation to it in column 2 of the table (new amount).

Column 1	Column 2
Old amount	New amount
£34.60	£35.50
£52.60	£54.00
£76.90	£79.00
£173.70	£178.40
£59.80	£61.40
£76.00	£78.10
£98.50	£101.20
£190.90	£196.10
£177.90	£182.70
£50.50	£51.90

(5) For Schedule 2 (voucher values – repair)(6), substitute the Schedule 2 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

(6) In Schedule 3 (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small glasses and special frames and complex appliances)(7)–

(a) in paragraph 1(1)(a) (single vision lens with prism) for “£11.30” substitute “£11.60”;

(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b) (other lens with prism) for “£13.50” substitute “£13.90”;

(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens) for “£3.80” substitute “£3.90”;

(d) in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens) for “£4.30” substitute ?OQ?£4.40;

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

(i) in sub head (i) for “£57.00” substitute “£58.50”;

(ii) in sub head (ii) for “£50.50” substitute “£51.90”; and

(iii) in sub head (iii) for “£27.30” substitute “£28.00”;

(f) in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frame) for “£57.00”, “£50.50” and “£27.30” substitute “£58.50”, “£51.90” and “£28.00” respectively;

(g) in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment – single vision lenses) for “£13.00” substitute “£13.40”; and

(h) in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment – other lenses) for “£33.00” substitute “£33.90”.

Application of regulation 2 of these Regulations

3.  The amendments made by regulation 2(3) to (6) of, and the Schedule to, these Regulations apply only in relation to a voucher accepted or used pursuant to regulation 12 or regulation 17 of the principal Regulations on or after 1st April 2008.

S ROBISON

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

6th March 2008