The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 2013

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 GENERAL

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and interpretation

3. PART 2 CHARGES

   1. 2. Charges for glasses and contact lenses

4. PART 3 PAYMENTS TOWARDS COST OF SIGHT TESTS

   1. 3. Eligibility for a voucher — sight tests

   2. 4. Completion and use of voucher––sight tests

   3. 5. Payments to ophthalmic practitioners

   4. 6. Payments to persons in respect of sight tests

   5. 7. Redemption value of voucher for sight test

5. PART 4 PAYMENTS FOR COST OF SUPPLY OF OPTICAL APPLIANCES

   1. 8. Eligibility for a voucher — supply of optical appliances

   2. 9. Issue of vouchers by ophthalmic practitioners

   3. 10. Issue of vouchers by NHS trusts

   4. 11. Issue of replacement vouchers

   5. 12. Use of vouchers for supply of optical appliances

   6. 13. Notice of entitlement

   7. 14. Payments to suppliers

   8. 15. Redemption value of voucher for supply of optical appliances

6. PART 5 PAYMENTS FOR COST OF REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR OF OPTICAL APPLIANCES

   1. 16. Eligibility for a voucher – replacement or repair

   2. 17. Completion of vouchers

   3. 18. Use of vouchers for replacement or repair

   4. 19. Payments to suppliers for the replacement or repair

   5. 20. Redemption value of voucher for replacement or repair

7. PART 6 CESSATION OF PAYMENTS

   1. 21. Notice as to cessation of payments

   2. 22. Reviews of stop notices

   3. 23. Reviews of stop orders

8. PART 7 PAYMENTS TO PERSONS IN RESPECT OF OPTICAL APPLIANCES

   1. 24. Payments to persons in respect of the supply, replacement or repair of optical appliances

9. PART 8 MISCELLANEOUS

   1. 25. Amounts wrongly paid

   2. 26. Signatures and claims for payments

   3. 26A. Claims, signatures and evidence of eligibility during a pandemic etc.

   4. 27. Exercise of the Board's functions under these Regulations

   5. 28. Transitional Provisions

   6. 29. Revocations

10. Signature

11. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       VOUCHER LETTER CODES AND FACE VALUES—SUPPLY AND REPLACEMENT

       1. For the purposes of this Schedule ––

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       PRISMS, TINTS, PHOTOCHROMIC LENSES, SMALL AND SPECIAL GLASSES AND COMPLEX APPLIANCES

       1. 1. (1) The amounts in column 3 of Schedule 1 and...

       2. 2. The minimum complex appliance payment is— (a) for a complex...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       VOUCHER VALUES —REPAIR

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       REGULATIONS REVOKED

12. Explanatory Note