The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1989

Regulations 1(2), and (3), 9(3)(a), 10(3)(a), 11(3)(a), 17(2)(a) and (3)(a)

SCHEDULE 1 VOUCHER LETTER CODES AND FACE VALUES

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Type of optical appliance	Letter code	Face value of voucher
1.  Glasses with single vision lenses of a power (plus or minus) not exceeding—	A	17.00
(a) as respects any spherical power, 6 dioptres; (b) as respects any cylindrical power, 2 dioptres.
2.  Glasses with single vision lenses not falling within paragraph 1 or 3.	B	28.00
3.  Glasses with single vision lenses—	C	46.00
(a) of a spherical power (plus or minus) exceeding 20 dioptres; (b) of a spherical power (plus or minus) exceeding 10 dioptres with any cylindrical power; (c) of a cylindrical power (plus or minus) exceeding 6 dioptres; or (d) in lenticular form.
4.  Glasses with bifocal lenses of a power (plus or minus) not exceeding—	D	32.75
(a) as respects any spherical power, 6 dioptres; (b) as respects any cylindrical power, 2 dioptres.
5.  Glasses with bifocal lenses not falling within paragraph 4 or 6.	E	58.00
6.  Glasses with prism segment bifocal lenses or glasses with bifocal lenses—	F	98.00
(a) of a spherical power (plus or minus) exceeding 20 dioptres; (b) of a spherical power (plus or minus) exceeding 10 dioptres with any cylindrical power; (c) of a cylindrical power (plus or minus) exceeding 6 dioptres; and (d) in lenticular form.
7.  Glasses not falling within any of paragraphs 1 to 6 for which a prescription is given in consequence of a testing of sight by a Health Board as part of the provision of ophthalmic services (other than general ophthalmic services).	G	98.00
8.  Contact lenses for which a prescription s given in consequence of a testing of sight by a Health Board as part of the provision of ophthalmic services (other than general ophthalmic services).	H	26.50 per lens