Regulations 1(2) and (3), 9(2)a), 10(2)(a), 16(2)(a) and (3)(a)
[F1SCHEDULE 1SVOUCHER LETTER CODES AND FACE VALUES – SUPPLY AND REPLACEMENT
Textual Amendments
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
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Type of optical appliance | Letter code | Face value of voucher |
1. Glasses with single vision lenses of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres; | A | [F2£35.50 ] |
2. Glasses with single vision lenses– (a)of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres; (b)of a spherical power of less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres. | B | [F2£54.00 ] |
3. Glasses with single vision lenses of a spherical power of 10 or more dioptres but not more than 14 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres; | C | [F2£79.00 ] |
4. Glasses with single vision lenses– (a)of a spherical power of more than 14 dioptres with any cylindrical power; (b)of a cylindrical power of more than 6 dioptres with any spherical power. | D | [F2£178.40 ] |
5. Glasses with bifocal lenses of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres; | E | [F2£61.40 ] |
6. Glasses with bifocal lenses– (a)of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres; (b)of a spherical power less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres. | F | [F2£78.10 ] |
7. Glasses with bifocal lenses of a spherical power of 10 or more dioptres but not more than 14 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres; | G | [F2£101.20 ] |
8. Glasses with prism-controlled bifocal lenses of any power or with bifocal lenses– (a)of a spherical power of more than 14 dioptres with any cylindrical power; (b)with a cylindrical power of more than 6 dioptres with any spherical power. | H | [F2£196.10 ] |
9. Glasses not falling within any of paragraphs 1 to 8 for which a prescription is given in consequence of a testing of sight by F3... [F4a Health Board]. | I | [F2£182.70 ] |
10. Contact lenses for which a prescription is given in consequence of a testing of sight by F3... [F4a Health Board]. | J | [F2£51.90]] |
Textual Amendments
F2Sum in Sch. 1 substituted (1.4.2008) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/106), regs. 1(1), 2(4) (with reg. 3)
F3Words in sch. 1 omitted (5.10.1999) by virtue of The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1999 (S.S.I. 1999/64), regs. 1, 8 (with reg. 10)
F4Words in sch. 1 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(8)
Regulation 19(2) and (3)
[F5SCHEDULE 2SVOUCHER VALUES – REPAIR
Textual Amendments
F5Sch. 2 substituted (1.4.2008) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/106), regs. 1(1), 2(5), sch. (with reg. 3)
Column 1 | Column 2 | ||||||||
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Nature of Repair to Appliance | Letter Codes – Values | ||||||||
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
Repair or replacement of one lens | 11.05 | 20.30 | 32.80 | 82.50 | 24.00 | 32.35 | 43.90 | 91.35 | 84.65 |
Repair or replacement of two lenses | 22.10 | 40.60 | 65.60 | 165.00 | 48.00 | 64.70 | 87.80 | 182.70 | 169.30 |
Repair or replacement of– | |||||||||
the front of a frame | 11.35 | 11.35 | 11.35 | 11.35 | 11.35 | 11.35 | 11.35 | 11.35 | 11.35 |
a side of a frame | 6.75 | 6.75 | 6.75 | 6.75 | 6.75 | 6.75 | 6.75 | 6.75 | 6.75 |
the whole frame | 13.40 | 13.40 | 13.40 | 13.40 | 13.40 | 13.40 | 13.40 | 13.40 | 13.40] |
Regulations 1(2), 13(2)(c)(iv) and 19(2) and (3)
SCHEDULE 3SPRISMS, TINTS, PHOTOCHROMIC LENSES, SMALL GLASSES AND SPECIAL FRAMES AND COMPLEX APPLIANCES
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 [F6£11.60] in respect of each single vision lens containing a necessary prism;
(b)by [F7£13.90] in respect of each other lens containing a necessary prism;
(c)by [F8£3.90] in respect of each necessary single vision tinted [F9or photochromic] lens;
(d)by [F10£4.40] in respect of each necessary other tinted [F11 or photochromic] lens;
(e)in respect of small glasses–
(i)by [F12£58.50] in the case of supply or replacement of glasses or repair of the whole frame;
(ii)by [F13£51.90] in the case of repair or replacement of the front of the frame; and
(iii)by [F14£28.00] in the case of repair or replacement of a side of a frame;
F15(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(g)where the voucher is issued or completed by [F16a Health Board] (in connection with the hospital eye service), in respect of glasses the frame of which is certified by [F16a Health Board] as being required to be specially manufactured on account of the patient’s facial characteristics, by [F17£58.50] in the case of supply or replacement of the glasses or repair of the whole frame, by [F17£51.90] in the case of repair of the front of the frame and by [F17£28.00] in the case of repair of a side of a frame.
(2) The increases provided for by sub-paragraph (1)(e)F18... 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
F6Sum in Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2008) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/106), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(a) (with reg. 3)
F7Sum in Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2008) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/106), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(b) (with reg. 3)
F8Sum in Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(c) substituted (1.4.2008) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/106), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(c) (with reg. 3)
F9Words 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)
F10Sum in Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(d) substituted (1.4.2008) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/106), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(d) (with reg. 3)
F11Words 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)
F12Sum in Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(e)(i) substituted (1.4.2008) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/106), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(e)(i) (with reg. 3)
F13Sum in Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(e)(ii) substituted (1.4.2008) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/106), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(e)(ii) (with reg. 3)
F14Sum in Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(e)(iii) substituted (1.4.2008) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/106), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(e)(iii) (with reg. 3)
F15Sch. 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)
F16Words 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)
F17Sum in Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(g) substituted (1.4.2008) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/106), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(f) (with reg. 3)
F18Word 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
I1Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 1.4.1998, see reg. 1(1)
2. The minimum complex appliance payment is–S
(a)for a complex appliance with single vision lenses only, [F19£13.40];
(b)for any other complex appliance, [F20£33.90],
plus, in each case, the amount of any increase provided for by paragraph 1 of this Schedule.
Textual Amendments
F19Sum in Sch. 3 para. 2(a) substituted (1.4.2008) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/106), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(g) (with reg. 3)
F20Sum in Sch. 3 para. 2(b) substituted (1.4.2008) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/106), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(h) (with reg. 3)
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 3 para. 2 in force at 1.4.1998, see reg. 1(1)
Regulation 24
SCHEDULE 4SREGULATIONS REVOKED
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 4 in force at 1.4.1998, see reg. 1(1)
1 | 2 | 3 |
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Regulations Revoked | Reference | Extent of revocation |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 | S.I. 1989/392 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1990 | S.I. 1990/504 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 1991 | S.I. 1991/534 | The whole Regulations except regulations 19 and 20 |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1991 | S.I. 1991/1731 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1991 | S.I. 1991/2487 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 1992 | S.I. 1992/531 | The whole Regulations except regulation 5 |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1993 | S.I. 1993/524 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1994 | S.I. 1994/145 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1994 | S.I. 1994/635 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.3) Regulations 1994 | S.I. 1994/2587 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995 | S.I. 1995/1 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1995 | S.I. 1995/705 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.3) Regulations 1995 | S.I. 1995/2369 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996 | S.I. 1996/473 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1996 | S.I. 1996/2354 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.3) Regulations 1996 | S.I. 1996/2556 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997 | S.I. 1997/1013 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1997 | S.I. 1997/2492 | The whole Regulations |