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

Regulations 1(2) and (3), 9(2)(a), 10(2)(a), 16(2)(a) and (3)(a)

SCHEDULE 1 VOUCHER LETTER CODES AND FACE VALUES – SUPPLY AND REPLACEMENT

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Type of optical appliance	Letter code	Face value of voucher
1.  Glasses with single vision lenses– (a) of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres; (b) of a spherical power of not more than 2 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres and not more than 4 dioptres.	A	£28.00
2.  Glasses with single vision lenses– (a) of a spherical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 4 dioptres; (b) of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres.	B	£42.50
3.  Glasses with single vision lenses– (a) of a spherical power of 10 or more dioptres but not more than 20 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres; (b) with a spherical power of not more than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 4 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres; (c) of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 4 dioptres.	C	£57.90
4.  Glasses with single vision lenses– (a) of a spherical power of more than 20 dioptres with any cylindrical power; (b) of a spherical power of not more than 20 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 6 dioptres.	D	£113.70
5.  Glasses with bifocal lenses– (a) of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres; (b) of a spherical power of not more than 2 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres and not more than 4 dioptres.	E	£48.20
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 2 dioptres; (b) of a spherical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 4 dioptres.	F	£61.40
7.  Glasses with bifocal lenses– (a) 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; (b) of a spherical power of not more than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 4 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres; (c) of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 4 dioptres.	G	£73.90
8.  Glasses with prism-controlled bifocal lens of any power or with bifocal lenses– (a) of a spherical power of more than 14 dioptres with any cylindrical power; (b) of a spherical power of not more than 14 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 6 dioptres.	H	£125.00
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 a Health Board or an NHS trust.	I	£125.00
10.  Contact lenses for which a prescription is given in consequence of a testing of sight by a Health Board or an NHS trust.	J	£40.90 (per lens)

Regulation 19(2) and (3)

SCHEDULE 2 VOUCHER VALUES – REPAIR

Column 1 Nature of Repair to appliance	Column 2 Letter Codes – Values
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H&I
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Repair or replacement of one lens	8.70	16.00	23.70	51.60	18.90	25.40	31.70	57.20
Repair or replacement of two lenses	17.50	32.10	47.50	103.20	37.80	50.80	63.40	114.50
Repair or replacement of: the front of a frame	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00
a side of a frame	5.30	5.30	5.30	5.30	5.30	5.30	5.30	5.30
the whole frame	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50
Maximum	28.00	42.60	58.00	113.70	48.30	61.30	73.90	125.00

Regulations 1(2), 13(2)(c)(iv) and 19(2) and (3)

SCHEDULE 3 PRISMS, 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:

(a) by £5.40 in respect of each single vision lens containing a necessary prism;

(b) by £6.70 in respect of each other lens containing a necessary prism;

(c) by £2.90 in respect of each necessary single vision tinted lens;

(d) by £3.40 in respect of each necessary other tinted lens;

(e) in respect of small glasses–

(i) by £46.10 in the case of supply or replacement of glasses or repair of the whole frame;

(ii) by £40.90 in the case of repair or replacement of the front of the frame; and

(iii) by £22.10 in the case of repair or replacement of a side of a frame;

(f) where the voucher is issued or completed by a Health Board or NHS trust (in connection with the hospital eye service) by £2.90 in respect of each necessary single vision photochromic lens and by £3.40 in respect of each necessary other photochromic lens;

(g) where the voucher is issued or completed by a Health Board or NHS trust (in connection with the hospital eye service), in respect of glasses the frame of which is certified by the Health Board or NHS trust as being required to be specially manufactured on account of the patient’s facial characteristics, by £46.10 in the case of supply or replacement of the glasses or repair of the whole frame, by £40.90 in the case of repair of the front of the frame and by £22.10 in the case of repair of a side of a frame.

(2) The increases provided for by sub-paragraph (1)(e), (f) 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.

2.  The minimum complex appliance payment is–

(a) for a complex appliance with single vision lenses only, £4.60;

(b) for any other complex appliance, £24.80,

plus, in each case, the amount of any increase provided for by paragraph 1 of this Schedule.

Regulation 24

SCHEDULE 4 REGULATIONS REVOKED

1	2	3
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