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

Payments to suppliers E+W

14.—(1)  [F1 NHS England] must, if the conditions specified in paragraph (2) are met, make a payment of a voucher's redemption value to a supplier who has accepted the voucher from a person in accordance with regulation 12.

(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that—

(a) the person has signed the declaration and undertaking referred to in regulation 12(4) and acknowledged receipt F2 ... of the optical appliance supplied to them;

(b) the optical appliance is not sold or supplied in contravention of section 27(1) of the Opticians Act 1989 M1 (sale and supply of optical appliances); and

[F3 (c) the supplier has—

(i) made and kept a written record of the supply and issued to the person a receipt for any money received from that person;

(ii) made a claim for a payment to NHS England on a completed voucher within three months of the date of the supply of the optical appliance;

(iii) where the person has shown a notice of entitlement to the supplier, informed NHS England of the amount of the patient contribution, if any;

(iv) where the claim relates to a voucher the value of which is increased in accordance with paragraph 1(1)(e) of Schedule 2, certified that the glasses supplied were small glasses; and

(v) submitted the claim in electronic form, subject to paragraph (3).]

[F4 (3) NHS England may accept submission of a claim referred to in paragraph (2)(c)(ii) in paper form in such exceptional circumstances as NHS England may reasonably determine.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Regulations substituted (6.11.2023) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Further Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1071), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1

F2 Words in reg. 14(2)(a) omitted (1.1.2024) by virtue of The National Health Service (Ophthalmic Services and Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/848), regs. 1(2), 4(7)(a)

F3 Reg. 14(2)(c) substituted (1.1.2024) by The National Health Service (Ophthalmic Services and Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/848), regs. 1(2), 4(7)(b)

F4 Reg. 14(3) inserted (1.1.2024) by The National Health Service (Ophthalmic Services and Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/848), regs. 1(2), 4(7)(c)

Marginal Citations

M1 1989 c.44. Section 27(1) of the Opticians Act 1989 was amended by S.I. 2005/848.