The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Amendment of the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 2013

2.—(1) The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 20 (redemption value of voucher for replacement or repair)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(b), for “£58.15” substitute “£60.75”; and

(b) in paragraph (3), for “£15.10” substitute “£15.80”.

(3) In Schedule 1 (voucher letter codes and face values—supply and replacement), in column (3) of the table (face value of voucher)—

(a) for “£39.90” substitute “£41.70”;

(b) for “£60.50” substitute “£63.20”;

(c) for “£88.60” substitute “£92.60”;

(d) for “£199.90” substitute “£208.90”;

(e) for “£68.80” substitute “£71.90”;

(f) for “£87.30” substitute “£91.20”;

(g) for “£113.40” substitute “£118.50”;

(h) for “£219.80” substitute £229.70”;

(i) for “£204.80” substitute “£214.00”; and

(j) for “£58.15” substitute “£60.75”.

(4) In Schedule 2 (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances)—

(a) in paragraph 1(1)—

(i) in paragraph (a), for “£12.85” substitute “£13.45”;

(ii) in paragraph (b), for “£15.70” substitute “£16.40”;

(iii) in paragraph (c), for “£4.50” substitute “£4.70”;

(iv) in paragraph (d), for “£5.00” substitute “£5.20”;

(v) in paragraph (e)—

(aa) for “£65.50” substitute “£68.45”;

(bb) for “£58.15” substitute “£60.75”;

(cc) for “£31.40” substitute “£32.80”;

(vi) in paragraph (f)—

(aa) in sub-paragraph (i), for “£65.50” substitute “£68.45”;

(bb) in sub-paragraph (ii), for “£58.15” substitute “£60.75”;

(cc) in sub-paragraph (iii), for “£31.40” substitute “£32.80”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for “£14.90” substitute “£15.55”; and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “£38.15” substitute “£39.90”.

(5) In Schedule 3 (voucher values—repair), for the table substitute—

(1)	(2)
Nature of repair	Letter code – value of voucher
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Repair or replacement of one lens	12.95	23.70	38.40	96.55	28.05	37.70	51.35	106.95	99.10
Repair or replacement of two lenses	25.90	47.40	76.80	193.10	56.10	75.40	102.70	213.90	198.20
Repair or replacement of the front of a frame	13.25	13.25	13.25	13.25	13.25	13.25	13.25	13.25	13.25
Repair or replacement of the side of a frame	7.85	7.85	7.85	7.85	7.85	7.85	7.85	7.85	7.85
Repair or replacement of the whole of a frame	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80	15.80

(1)

S.I. 2013/461. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2016/325 and S.I. 2022/221. Under the Health and Care Act 2022, the NHS Commissioning Board was renamed NHS England (section 1). As a consequence of that change, under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 1 to the Health and Care Act 2022, the references to the NHS Commissioning Board in S.I. 2013/261 (defined as “the Board” in regulation 1(1)) are to be read, in relation to any time on or after 1st July 2022, as references to NHS England.