The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998
PART IGENERAL
1Citation, commencement and interpretation
PART IICHARGES
2Charges for glasses and contact lenses
PART IIIPAYMENTS TOWARDS FOR COST OF SIGHT TESTS
3Eligibility – sight tests
4Completion and use of voucher – sight tests
5Payments to sight testers
6Payments to patients in respect of sight tests
7Redemption value of voucher for sight tests
PART IVPAYMENTS FOR COST OF SUPPLY OF OPTICAL APPLIANCES
8Eligibility – supply of optical appliances
9Issue of vouchers by ophthalmic medical practitioners and opticians
10Issue of vouchers by ... Health Boards in connection with the hospital eye service
11Issue of replacement vouchers by the Agency, ... or Health Boards
12Use of vouchers for the supply of optical appliances
12ANotice of entitlement
13Payments to suppliers
14Redemption value of voucher for supply of optical appliances
PART VPAYMENTS FOR COST OF REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR OF OPTICAL APPLIANCES
15Eligibility – replacement or repair
16Completion of vouchers for replacement or repair
17Use of vouchers for replacement or repair
18Payments to suppliers for replacement or repair
19Redemption value of voucher for replacement or repair
PART VIPAYMENTS TO PATIENTS
20Payments to patients in respect of the supply, replacement or repair of optical appliances
PART VIIMISCELLANEOUS
21Amounts wrongly paid
22Signatures and claims for payments
23Application of these Regulations
24Revocations
SCHEDULE 1VOUCHER LETTER CODES AND FACE VALUES – SUPPLY AND REPLACEMENT
SCHEDULE 2VOUCHER VALUES – REPAIR
SCHEDULE 3PRISMS, TINTS, PHOTOCHROMIC LENSES, SMALL GLASSES AND SPECIAL FRAMES AND COMPLEX APPLIANCES
1(1) The amounts in column 3 of Schedule 1 and...
2The minimum complex appliance payment is– (a) for a complex...
SCHEDULE 4REGULATIONS REVOKED
1998 No. 642 (S.23)
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND

The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 26, 70(1), 73(a), 74(a), 105 and 108(1) of, and paragraphs 2 and 2A of Schedule 11 to, the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19781 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations: