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

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 and come into force on 1st April 2013.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998(1).

Amendment of the principal Regulations

2.—(1) The principal Regulations are amended as follows.

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

(a) in paragraph (1)(b) for “£54.20” substitute “£54.70”;

(b) in paragraph (3)(a) for “£14.00” substitute “£14.10”; and

(c) in paragraph (3)(b) for “£61.20” substitute “£61.80”.

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

Column 1 Old amount	Column 2 New amount
£37.10	£37.50
£56.40	£57.00
£82.60	£83.40
£186.50	£188.40
£64.20	£64.80
£81.60	£82.40
£105.80	£106.90
£205.10	£207.20
£191.00	£192.90
£54.20	£54.70

(4) For Schedule 2 (voucher values – repair), substitute the Schedule in the Schedule to these Regulations.

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

(a) in paragraph 1(1)(a) for “£12.10” substitute “£12.20”;

(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b) for “£14.60” substitute “£14.70”;

(c) in paragraph 1(1)(e)—

(i) in sub‑head (i) for “£61.20” substitute “£61.80”;

(ii) in sub‑head (ii) for “£54.20” substitute “£54.75”; and

(iii) in sub‑head (iii) for “£29.30” substitute “£29.60”;

(d) in paragraph 1(1)(g) for “£61.20”, “£54.20” and “£29.30” substitute “£61.80”, “£54.75” and “£29.60” respectively;

(e) in paragraph 2(a) for “£14.00” substitute “£14.10”; and

(f) in paragraph 2(b) for “£35.50” substitute “£35.90”.

Application of regulation 2

3.  The amendments made by regulation 2 apply only in relation to a voucher accepted pursuant to regulation 12 or used pursuant to regulation 17 of the principal Regulations after these Regulations come into force.

MICHAEL MATHESON

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

13th March 2013