The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1994

Amendment of Schedules to the principal Regulations

3.—(1) In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations(1) (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 there is substituted the amount specified in relation to it in column 2 of that Table.

TABLE

Column 1	Column 2
Old Amount	New Amount
£24.40	£25.50
£38.40	£39.30
£52.40	£53.60
£102.80	£105.20
£42.10	£44.00
£55.50	£56.80
£66.80	£68.40
£113.00 (in both places where it appears)	£115.70
£36.90	£37.80

(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 “£4.70” there is substituted “£4.90”;

(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b) (prism — other lens), for “£5.90” there is substituted “£6.10”;

(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens), for “£2.40” there is substituted “£2.50”;

(d) in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens), for “£2.90” there is substituted “£3.00”;

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

(i) in sub-head (i), for “£40.50” there is substituted “£42.10”,

(ii) in sub-head (ii), for “£36.00” there is substituted “£37.40”, and

(iii) in sub-head (iii), for “£19.40” there is substituted “£20.20”;

(f) in paragraph 1(1)(f) (photochromic lenses), for “£2.40” there is substituted “£2.50” and for “£2.90” there is substituted “£3.00”;

(g) in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frame), for “£40.50” there is substituted “£42.10”;

(h) in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment — single vision lenses), for “£4.10” there is substituted “£4.20”; and

(i) in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment — other lenses), for “£22.20” there is substituted “£22.70”.

(3) For Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (voucher values — repair)(2) there is substituted the Schedule 3 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

(1)

Schedule 1 was substituted by regulation 4 of S.I. 1992/404.

(2)

Schedule 3 was last substituted by S.I. 1993/418.