PART IVPAYMENTS FOR COST OF SUPPLY OF OPTICAL APPLIANCES
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1
Except where it was the supplier, the responsible authority shall, if the conditions specified in paragraph (2) are fulfilled, make a payment of a voucher’s redemption value to a supplier who has accepted the voucher from a patient in accordance with regulation 12.
2
The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that–
a
the patient has signed the declaration and undertaking referred to in regulation 12(4) and acknowledged receipt on the voucher of the optical appliance supplied to him;
b
the optical appliance is not sold or supplied in contravention of section 21(1) of the Optician’s Act 198914; and
c
the supplier has–
i
made and kept a written record of the supply and issued to the patient a receipt for any money received from the patient;
ii
made a claim for a payment on a duly completed voucher to the responsible authority, within the period of 3 months beginning with the date of supply of the optical appliance;
iii
where the patient has shown a notice of entitlement to him, informed the responsible authority of the amount of the patient’s contribution, if any; and
iv
where the claim relates to a voucher the value of which is increased in accordance with paragraph 1(1)(e) of Schedule 3, certified that the glasses supplied were small glasses.