The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999

PART I SCHEDULE 1 AS SUBSTITUTED BY THESE REGULATIONS

Regulations 1(2) and (3), 9(2)a), 10(2)(a), 16(2)(a) and (3)(a)

“SCHEDULE 1 VOUCHER LETTER CODES AND FACE VALUES – SUPPLY AND REPLACEMENT

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Type of optical appliance	Letter code	Face value of voucher
1.   Glasses with single vision lenses of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres;	A	£28.70
2.   Glasses with single vision lenses– (a) of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres; (b) of a spherical power of less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres.	B	£43.60
3.   Glasses with single vision lenses of a spherical power of 10 or more dioptres but not more than 14 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres;	C	£59.40
4.   Glasses with single vision lenses– (a) of a spherical power of more than 14 dioptres with any cylindrical power; (b) of a cylindrical power of more than 6 dioptres with any spherical power.	D	£134.20
5.   Glasses with bifocal lenses of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres;	E	£49.50
6.   Glasses with bifocal lenses– (a) of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres; (b) of a spherical power less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres.	F	£63.00
7.   Glasses with bifocal lenses of a spherical power of 10 or more dioptres but not more than 14 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres;	G	£75.80
8.   Glasses with prism-controlled bifocal lenses of any power or with bifocal lenses– (a) of a spherical power of more than 14 dioptres with any cylindrical power; (b) with a cylindrical power of more than 6 dioptres with any spherical power.	H	£147.50
9.   Glasses not falling within any of paragraphs 1 to 8 for which a prescription is given in consequence of a testing of sight by a Health Board or an NHS trust.	I	£147.50
10.   Contact lenses for which a prescription is given in consequence of a testing of sight by a Health Board or an NHS trust.	J	£42.00”