SCHEDULE

PART ISCHEDULE 1 AS SUBSTITUTED BY THESE REGULATIONS

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

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

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

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

£28.70

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

£43.60

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

£59.40

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

£134.20

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

£49.50

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

£63.00

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

£75.80

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

£147.50

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

£147.50

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

£42.00