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 F127(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.