Amendment of the 1997 Regulations5

1

In Schedule 1 to the 1997 Regulations (voucher letter codes and face values — supply and replacement)6 in column 3 (face value of voucher) for each amount specified in column 1 of the Table below (old amount) there shall be substituted the amount specified in relation to it in column 2 of that Table (new amount).

TABLE

Column 1

Column 2

Old amount

New amount

£ 30·00

£30·50

£ 45·60

£46·40

£ 62·10

£63·20

£140·30

£142·70

£ 51·80

£52·70

£ 65·90

£67·00

£ 79·60

£81·00

£154·30 (in both places where it appears)

£157·00

£ 43·90

£44·60

2

In Schedule 2 to the 1997 Regulations (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances)—

a

in paragraph 1(1)(a) (prism — single vision lens) for “£6·30” there shall be substituted “£9·90”;

b

in paragraph 1(1)(b) (prism — other lens) for “£7·20” there shall be substituted “£11·90”;

c

in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens) for “£3·20” there shall be substituted “£3·30”;

d

in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens) for “£3·70” there shall be substituted “£3·80”;

e

in paragraph 1(1)(e) (small glasses)—

i

in sub-head (i) for “£49·40” there shall be substituted “£50·20”;

ii

in sub-head (ii) for “£43·90” there shall be substituted “£44·60”; and

iii

in sub-head (iii) for “£23·80” there shall be substituted “£24·20”;

f

in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frames) for “£49·40” there shall be substituted “£50·20”;

g

in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment — single vision lenses) for “£10·50” there shall be substituted “£10·70”; and

h

in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment — other cases) for “£26·50” there shall be substituted “£27·00”.

3

For Schedule 3 to the 1997 Regulations (voucher values— repair)7 there shall be substituted the Schedule 3 set out in the Schedule.