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

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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£12.50] in respect of each single vision lens containing a necessary prism;

(b)by [F2£15.20] in respect of each other lens containing a necessary prism;

(c)by [F3£4.30] in respect of each necessary single vision tinted [F4or photochromic] lens;

(d)by [F5£4.80] in respect of each necessary other tinted [F6 or photochromic] lens;

(e)in respect of small glasses–

(i)by [F7£63.60] in the case of supply or replacement of glasses or repair of the whole frame;

(ii)by [F8£56.40] in the case of repair or replacement of the front of the frame; and

(iii)by [F9£30.50] in the case of repair or replacement of a side of a frame;

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

(g)where the voucher is issued or completed by [F11a Health Board] (in connection with the hospital eye service), in respect of glasses the frame of which is certified by [F11a Health Board] as being required to be specially manufactured on account of the patient’s facial characteristics, by [F12£63.60] in the case of supply or replacement of the glasses or repair of the whole frame, by [F12£56.40] in the case of repair of the front of the frame and by [F12£30.50] 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.

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I1Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 1.4.1998, see reg. 1(1)

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