The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2007

Title, commencement, interpretation and application

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 and they come into force on 1 April 2007.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

(3) In these Regulations “the Optical Regulations” means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997(1).

Amendment to the Optical Regulations

2.  In regulation 19 (redemption value of voucher for replacement or repair)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(b), for “£49.20” substitute “£50.50”; and

(b) in paragraph (3), for “£12.70” substitute “£13.00”.

Amendments to the Schedules to the Optical Regulations

3.—(1) In Schedule 1 to the Optical Regulations (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)	(2)
Old amount	New amount
£33.70	£34.60
£51.20	£52.60
£74.90	£76.90
£169.10	£173.70
£58.20	£59.80
£74.00	£76.00
£95.90	£98.50
£185.90	£190.90
£173.20	£177.90
£49.20	£50.50

(2) In Schedule 2 to the Optical Regulations (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances)—

(a) in paragraph 1(1)(a), for “£11.00” substitute “£11.30”;

(b) in paragraph (1)(1)(b), for “£13.10” substitute “£13.50”;

(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c), for “£3.70” substitute “£3.80”;

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

(e) in paragraph 1(1)(e), for “£55.50”, “£49.20” and “£26.60” substitute “£57.00”, “£50.50” and “£27.30” respectively;

(f) in paragraph 1(1)(g), for “£55.50” substitute “£57.00”;

(g) in paragraph 2(a), for “£12.70” substitute “£13.00”; and

(h) in paragraph 2(b), for “£32.10” substitute “£33.00”.

(3) For Schedule 3 to the Optical Regulations (voucher values-repair), substitute the Schedule 3 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Transitional Provision

4.  The amounts substituted by regulations 2 and 3 will apply only in relation to a voucher accepted or used pursuant to regulation 12 or regulation 17 of the Optical Regulations on or after 1 April 2007.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(2)

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

27 March 2007