Reg. 1 in force at 1.4.1997, see reg. 1(1)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/818/regulation/1The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997National Health Service (NHS)NHS managementMedical advice and support servicesBenefitsHealth care services and specialismsNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES2024-11-20Statute Law Database1997-04-01These Regulations consolidate with amendments the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1989 (“the 1989 Regulations”) which provide a scheme for payments to be made by Health Authorities and NHS trusts by means of a voucher system, in respect of costs incurred by certain categories of persons in connection with sight tests and the supply, replacement and repair of optical appliances.PART IGENERALCitation, commencement and interpretation1.(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st April 1997.

(2)

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

the Act” means the National Health Service Act 1977;

“capital limit” means the amount prescribed for the purposes of section 134(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992

1992 c. 4. The capital limit is prescribed for the purposes of income support in regulation 45 of S.I. 1987/1967. Whilst £8,000 is applicable in most cases, there is a limit of £16,000 in certain cases prescribed in regulation 53(1B) of those Regulations. Regulation 45 was substituted by regulation 12(1)(a) of S.I. 1996/462, regulation 12(1)(b)(ii) of which also added regulation 53(1B).

as it applies to income support;

“child” means a person who is under the age of 16 years;

“complex appliance” means an optical appliance at least one lens of which—

(a)

has a power in any one meridian of plus or minus 10 or more dioptres, or

(b)

is a prism-controlled bifocal lens;

“disability working allowance” means disability working allowance under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992

1992 c. 4.

;

“eligible person” is to be construed—

(a)

for the purposes of Part III, in accordance with regulation 3(2);

(b)

for the purposes of Parts IV and V, in accordance with regulation 8(2) to (5);

“face value” means, in relation to a voucher on which is marked a letter code specified in column 2 of Schedule 1, the amount specified in relation to it in column 3 of that Schedule, plus the amount of any increase provided for by paragraph 1 of Schedule 2;

“family credit” means family credit under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

“an income-based jobseeker’s allowance” has the meaning given to it by section 1(4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995

1995 c. 18.

;

“income support” means income support under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

“minimum complex appliance payment” means, in relation to an optical appliance, the amount specified as such for the appliance in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2;

NHS sight test fee” means, in relation to a testing of a patient’s sight carried out either by an ophthalmic medical practitioner or by an optician—

(a)

at a place where the patient normally resides, an amount of £37.83, or

(b)

in any other case, an amount of £13.71;

“notice of entitlement” means a notice issued under regulation 7 of the Remission Regulations for the purposes of remission of charges under the Act;

“ophthalmic list” means a list, prepared and published pursuant to regulations made under section 39(a) of the Act of medical practitioners and opticians who undertake to provide general ophthalmic services

See S.I. 1986/975, regulation 6.

;

Ophthalmic Services Regulations” means the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Regulations 1986

S.I. 1986/975 amended by S.I. 1988/486, 1989/395, 1989/1175, 1989/1230, 1990/1051, 1991/583, 1995/558, 1996/705 and 1996/2320.

;

“optician” means an ophthalmic optician;

“patient” means a person whose sight has been tested whether under the Act or otherwise;

“patient’s contribution” is to be construed as follows—

(a)

for the purposes of Parts III, IV and V, where a patient’s resources are less than his requirements, the contribution shall be nil;

(b)

for the purposes of Part III, where the patient’s resources exceed his requirements, the contribution shall be an amount equal to that excess;

(c)

for the purposes of Parts IV and V, where the patient’s resources exceed his requirements, the contribution shall be an amount equal to twice that excess;

“patient’s resources” means a person’s resources as calculated in accordance with regulation 6 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Remission Regulations;

“redemption value” is to be construed—

(a)

for the purposes of Part III, in accordance with regulation 7;

(b)

for the purposes of Part IV, in accordance with regulation 14;

(c)

for the purposes of Part V, in accordance with regulation 19;

“the 1989 Regulations” means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1989

S.I. 1989/396 was amended by S.I. 1990/495, 1991/583, 1991/1690, 1991/2465, 1992/404, 1993/418, 1994/131, 1994/495, 1994/2619, 1995/34, 1995/691, 1995/2307, 1996/582, 1996/2328 and 1996/2574.

;

“the Remission Regulations” means the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 1988

S.I. 1988/551 amended by S.I. 1989/517, 1989/614, 1990/548, 1990/1661, 1991/557, 1991/1104, 1993/608, 1995/642, 1996/410, 1996/1346, 1996/2362 and 1997/748.

and a reference to those Regulations is to be construed as a reference to them as they have effect on the making of these Regulations and as amended subsequently;

“replacement” does not include the replacement of an optical appliance rendered unserviceable by fair wear and tear;

“responsible authority” means—

(a)

in relation to a voucher completed pursuant to regulation 4, the Health Authority for the area in which the testing of sight to which it relates takes place;

(b)

in relation to a voucher issued pursuant to regulation 9 or completed pursuant to regulation 16 otherwise than by an NHS trust

See for the definition of “NHS Trust” section 128(1) of the National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49), as amended by section 26(2)(d) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19).

, the Health Authority for the area in which the supply, replacement or repair of the optical appliance to which it relates takes or is to take place;

(c)

in relation to a voucher issued pursuant to regulation 10 or completed pursuant to regulation 16 by an NHS trust, the Health Authority in whose area the patient resides;

(d)

in relation to a payment made pursuant to regulation 6, the Health Authority for the area in which the testing of sight took place;

(e)

in relation to a payment made pursuant to regulation 20 otherwise than by an NHS trust, the Health Authority for the area in which the supply, replacement or repair of the optical appliance to which it relates took place;

(f)

in relation to a payment made pursuant to regulation 20 by an NHS trust, the Health Authority in whose area the patient resides;

“small glasses” means glasses the lens apertures of which have datum centres not more than 56 millimetres apart; and for this purpose “datum centre” is to be construed in accordance with Part 1 of British Standard 3521/91 (Glossary of Terms relating to Ophthalmic Lenses) published by the British Standards Institution as effective immediately before 13th March 1997;

“supplier” includes a person replacing or repairing an optical appliance;

“supply” includes the replacement of an optical appliance rendered unserviceable by fair wear and tear;

“voucher” for the purposes of enabling a payment to be made under these Regulations, means—

(a)

in Part III, a voucher form supplied to those whose names are included in an ophthalmic list by the Secretary of State;

(b)

in Part IV, a voucher form supplied—

(i)

where a testing of sight is carried out otherwise than by an NHS trust, by the Secretary of State to the person who carries it out;

(ii)

where a testing of sight is carried out by an NHS trust, by that NHS trust;

(c)

in Part V, a voucher form supplied to a supplier, by the Secretary of State.

(3)

For the purposes of Schedule 1—

(a)

where an optical appliance has lenses described in different paragraphs in column 1 of Schedule 1, the face value of a voucher for the appliance shall be determined according to whichever lens would provide the greater face value; and

(b)

where an optical appliance has a bifocal lens, the power of the lens shall be determined according to the power of that segment of the lens designed to correct a defect in distant sight; and

(c)

a monocle shall be treated as though it were glasses.

(4)

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference—

(a)

to a numbered regulation, Part or Schedule is to the regulation in, Part of, or Schedule to, these Regulations bearing that number;

(b)

in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation bearing that number;

(c)

in Schedule 1 to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in column 1 in that Schedule bearing that number.

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<ref eId="c00027" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/4">1992 c. 4</ref>
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<ref eId="c00028" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/18">1995 c. 18</ref>
.
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<abbr title="National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/551)">Remission Regulations</abbr>
for the purposes of remission of charges under
<abbr title="National Health Service Act 1977 c. 49">the Act</abbr>
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<abbr title="National Health Service Act 1977 c. 49">the Act</abbr>
of medical practitioners and opticians who undertake to provide general ophthalmic services
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See
<ref eId="c00029" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/975">S.I. 1986/975</ref>
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<abbr title="National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/975)">Ophthalmic Services Regulations</abbr>
” means the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) Regulations 1986
<authorialNote class="footnote" eId="f00006" marker="6">
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<ref eId="c00030" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1986/975">S.I. 1986/975</ref>
amended by
<ref eId="c00031" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1988/486">S.I. 1988/486</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00032" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1989/395">1989/395</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00033" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1989/1175">1989/1175</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00034" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1989/1230">1989/1230</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00035" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1990/1051">1990/1051</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00036" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/583">1991/583</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00037" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/558">1995/558</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00038" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/705">1996/705</ref>
and
<ref eId="c00039" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/2320">1996/2320</ref>
.
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;
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“patient” means a person whose sight has been tested whether under
<abbr title="National Health Service Act 1977 c. 49">the Act</abbr>
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for the purposes of Parts III,
<abbr class="acronym" title="4">IV</abbr>
and V, where a patient’s resources are less than his requirements, the contribution shall be nil;
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<p>for the purposes of Part III, where the patient’s resources exceed his requirements, the contribution shall be an amount equal to that excess;</p>
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“patient’s resources” means a person’s resources as calculated in accordance with regulation 6 of, and Schedule 1 to, the
<abbr title="National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/551)">Remission Regulations</abbr>
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“the
<abbr title="National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/396)">1989 Regulations</abbr>
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<authorialNote class="footnote" eId="f00007" marker="7">
<p>
<ref eId="c00040" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1989/396">S.I. 1989/396</ref>
was amended by
<ref eId="c00041" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1990/495">S.I. 1990/495</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00042" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/583">1991/583</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00043" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/1690">1991/1690</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00044" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/2465">1991/2465</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00045" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/404">1992/404</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00046" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/418">1993/418</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00047" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/131">1994/131</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00048" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/495">1994/495</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00049" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2619">1994/2619</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00050" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/34">1995/34</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00051" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/691">1995/691</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00052" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/2307">1995/2307</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00053" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/582">1996/582</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00054" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/2328">1996/2328</ref>
and
<ref eId="c00055" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/2574">1996/2574</ref>
.
</p>
</authorialNote>
;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
“the
<abbr title="National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/551)">Remission Regulations</abbr>
” means the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 1988
<authorialNote class="footnote" eId="f00008" marker="8">
<p>
<ref eId="c00056" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1988/551">S.I. 1988/551</ref>
amended by
<ref eId="c00057" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1989/517">S.I. 1989/517</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00058" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1989/614">1989/614</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00059" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1990/548">1990/548</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00060" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1990/1661">1990/1661</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00061" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/557">1991/557</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00062" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/1104">1991/1104</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00063" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1993/608">1993/608</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00064" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1995/642">1995/642</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00065" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/410">1996/410</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00066" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/1346">1996/1346</ref>
,
<ref eId="c00067" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/2362">1996/2362</ref>
and
<ref eId="c00068" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1997/748">1997/748</ref>
.
</p>
</authorialNote>
and a reference to those Regulations is to be construed as a reference to them as they have effect on the making of these Regulations and as amended subsequently;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>“replacement” does not include the replacement of an optical appliance rendered unserviceable by fair wear and tear;</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<intro>
<p>“responsible authority” means—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>in relation to a voucher completed pursuant to regulation 4, the Health Authority for the area in which the testing of sight to which it relates takes place;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>
in relation to a voucher issued pursuant to regulation 9 or completed pursuant to regulation 16 otherwise than by an
<abbr class="acronym" title="National Health Service">NHS</abbr>
trust
<authorialNote class="footnote" eId="f00009" marker="9">
<p>
<i>See</i>
for the definition of “
<abbr class="acronym" title="National Health Service">NHS</abbr>
Trust” section 128(1) of the National Health Service Act
<ref eId="c00069" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1977/49">1977 (c. 49)</ref>
, as amended by section 26(2)(d) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act
<ref eId="c00070" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/19">1990 (c. 19)</ref>
.
</p>
</authorialNote>
, the Health Authority for the area in which the supply, replacement or repair of the optical appliance to which it relates takes or is to take place;
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>
in relation to a voucher issued pursuant to regulation 10 or completed pursuant to regulation 16 by an
<abbr class="acronym" title="National Health Service">NHS</abbr>
trust, the Health Authority in whose area the patient resides;
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(d)</num>
<content>
<p>in relation to a payment made pursuant to regulation 6, the Health Authority for the area in which the testing of sight took place;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(e)</num>
<content>
<p>
in relation to a payment made pursuant to regulation 20 otherwise than by an
<abbr class="acronym" title="National Health Service">NHS</abbr>
trust, the Health Authority for the area in which the supply, replacement or repair of the optical appliance to which it relates took place;
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(f)</num>
<content>
<p>
in relation to a payment made pursuant to regulation 20 by an
<abbr class="acronym" title="National Health Service">NHS</abbr>
trust, the Health Authority in whose area the patient resides;
</p>
</content>
</level>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>“small glasses” means glasses the lens apertures of which have datum centres not more than 56 millimetres apart; and for this purpose “datum centre” is to be construed in accordance with Part 1 of British Standard 3521/91 (Glossary of Terms relating to Ophthalmic Lenses) published by the British Standards Institution as effective immediately before 13th March 1997;</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>“supplier” includes a person replacing or repairing an optical appliance;</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>“supply” includes the replacement of an optical appliance rendered unserviceable by fair wear and tear;</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<intro>
<p>“voucher” for the purposes of enabling a payment to be made under these Regulations, means—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>in Part III, a voucher form supplied to those whose names are included in an ophthalmic list by the Secretary of State;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>in Part IV, a voucher form supplied—</p>
<blockList class="ordered roman parens" ukl:Name="OrderedList" ukl:Type="roman" ukl:Decoration="parens">
<item>
<num>(i)</num>
<p>
where a testing of sight is carried out otherwise than by an
<abbr class="acronym" title="National Health Service">NHS</abbr>
trust, by the Secretary of State to the person who carries it out;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<num>(ii)</num>
<p>
where a testing of sight is carried out by an
<abbr class="acronym" title="National Health Service">NHS</abbr>
trust, by that
<abbr class="acronym" title="National Health Service">NHS</abbr>
trust;
</p>
</item>
</blockList>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>in Part V, a voucher form supplied to a supplier, by the Secretary of State.</p>
</content>
</level>
</hcontainer>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-1-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of Schedule 1—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="regulation-1-3-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>where an optical appliance has lenses described in different paragraphs in column 1 of Schedule 1, the face value of a voucher for the appliance shall be determined according to whichever lens would provide the greater face value; and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="regulation-1-3-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>where an optical appliance has a bifocal lens, the power of the lens shall be determined according to the power of that segment of the lens designed to correct a defect in distant sight; and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="regulation-1-3-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>a monocle shall be treated as though it were glasses.</p>
</content>
</level>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-1-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<intro>
<p>In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="regulation-1-4-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>to a numbered regulation, Part or Schedule is to the regulation in, Part of, or Schedule to, these Regulations bearing that number;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="regulation-1-4-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation bearing that number;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="regulation-1-4-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>in Schedule 1 to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in column 1 in that Schedule bearing that number.</p>
</content>
</level>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
</part>
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</act>
</akomaNtoso>