The National Health Service (Charges, Payments and Remission of Charges) (Uprating, Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2015

Uprating of amounts in the 2013 Regulations

5.—(1) The 2013 Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 20(1) (redemption value of voucher for replacement or repair)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(b), for “£55.80” substitute “£56.40”; and

(b) in paragraph (3), for “£14.40” substitute “£14.60”.

(3) In Schedule 1(2) (voucher letter codes and face values – supply and replacement), in column (3) of the table (face value of voucher), for each amount specified in column (1) of the table below substitute the amount specified in relation to it in column (2) of the table below—

(1) Old amount	(2) New amount
£38.30	£38.70
£58.10	£58.70
£85.10	£86.00
£192.20	£194.10
£66.10	£66.80
£84.00	£84.80
£109.00	£110.10
£211.30	£213.40
£196.80	£198.80
£55.80	£56.40

(4) In Schedule 2(3) (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances)—

(a) in paragraph 1(1)(a), for “£12.40” substitute “£12.50”;

(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b), for “£15.00” substitute “£15.20”;

(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c), for “£4.20” substitute “£4.30”;

(d) in paragraph 1(1)(d), for “£4.70” substitute “£4.80”;

(e) in paragraph 1(1)(e), for “£63.00”, “£55.80” and “£30.20” substitute “£63.60”, “£56.40” and “£30.50” respectively;

(f) in paragraph 1(1)(f)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (i), for “£63.00” substitute “£63.60”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (ii), for £55.80” substitute “£56.40”, and

(iii) in sub-paragraph (iii), for “£30.20” substitute “£30.50”;

(g) in paragraph 2(a), for “£14.40” substitute “£14.50”; and

(h) in paragraph 2(b), for “£36.60” substitute “£37.00”.

(5) In Schedule 3(4) (voucher values repair), for the table substitute the following table—

(1) Nature of repair	(2) Letter of codes – values
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Repair or replacement of one lens	12.05	22.05	35.70	89.75	26.10	35.10	47.75	99.40	92.10
Repair or replacement of two lenses	24.10	44.10	71.40	179.50	52.20	70.20	95.50	198.80	184.20
Repair or replacement of:
the front of a frame	12.35	12.35	12.35	12.35	12.35	12.35	12.35	12.35	12.35
a side of a frame	7.30	7.30	7.30	7.30	7.30	7.30	7.30	7.30	7.30
the whole frame	14.60	14.60	14.60	14.60	14.60	14.60	14.60	14.60	14.60

(1)

Regulation 20 has been amended by S.I. 2014/418.

(2)

Schedule 1 has been amended by S.I. 2014/418.

(3)

Schedule 2 has been amended by S.I. 2014/418.

(4)

Schedule 3 has been amended by S.I. 2014/418.