SCHEDULE
PART ISCHEDULE 1 AS SUBSTITUTED BY THESE REGULATIONS
“SCHEDULE 1VOUCHER 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 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”