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

1.—(1) The amounts in column 3 of Schedule 1 and column 2 of Schedule 2 and in paragraph 2(a) and (b) of this Schedule shall be increased as follows: S

(a) by [F1 £12.20] in respect of each single vision lens containing a necessary prism;

(b) by [F2 £14.70] in respect of each other lens containing a necessary prism;

(c) by [F3 £4.10] in respect of each necessary single vision tinted [F4 or photochromic] lens;

(d) by [F5 £4.60] in respect of each necessary other tinted [F6 or photochromic] lens;

(e) in respect of small glasses–

(i) by [F7 £61.80] in the case of supply or replacement of glasses or repair of the whole frame;

(ii) by [F8 £54.75] in the case of repair or replacement of the front of the frame; and

(iii) by [F9 £29.60] in the case of repair or replacement of a side of a frame;

F10 (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g) where the voucher is issued or completed by [F11 a Health Board] (in connection with the hospital eye service), in respect of glasses the frame of which is certified by [F11 a Health Board] as being required to be specially manufactured on account of the patient’s facial characteristics, by [F12 £61.80] in the case of supply or replacement of the glasses or repair of the whole frame, by [F12 £54.75] in the case of repair of the front of the frame and by [F12 £29.60] in the case of repair of a side of a frame.

(2) The increases provided for by sub-paragraph (1)(e)F13 ... and (g) of this paragraph do not apply in the case of a voucher relating to glasses if it is accepted in connection with the supply or replacement of contact lenses.

(3) In sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph “necessary” in relation to a prisms or a tinted or photochromic lens means that the prism, tint or photochromic quality has been prescribed on the basis of clinical need.

(4) Where the face value of a voucher is increased in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(g) of this paragraph, it may not be further increased in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(e) of this paragraph.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sum in Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2013) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/96), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(a) (with reg. 3)

F2 Sum in Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/96), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(b) (with reg. 3)

F3 Word in Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(c) substituted (1.4.2012) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/73), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(c) (with reg. 3)

F4 Words in sch. 3 para. 1(1)(c) inserted (1.4.1999) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/748), regs. 1, 12(3)(c)

F5 Word in Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(d) substituted (1.4.2012) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/73), regs. 1(2), 2(5)(d) (with reg. 3)

F6 Words in sch. 3 para. 1(1)(d) inserted (1.4.1999) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/748), regs. 1, 12(3)(d)

F7 Sum in Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(e) substituted (1.4.2013) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/96), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(c)(i) (with reg. 3)

F8 Sum in Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(e) substituted (1.4.2013) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/96), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(c)(ii) (with reg. 3)

F9 Sum in Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(e) substituted (1.4.2013) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/96), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(c)(iii) (with reg. 3)

F10 Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(f) revoked (1.4.1999) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/748), regs. 1, 13(a)

F11 Words in sch. 3 para. 1(1)(g) substituted (1.4.2004) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/168), regs. 1(2), 2(9)

F12 Sums in Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(g) substituted (1.4.2013) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/96), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(d) (with reg. 3)

F13 Word in sch. 3 para. 1(2) omitted (1.4.1999) by virtue of The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/748), regs. 1, 13(b)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 1.4.1998, see reg. 1(1)