Optical Charges and Payments (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

SCHEDULE

Regulation 11(1)

PART I Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations as Substituted by These Regulations

Regulations 1(2), 9(2)(a), 10(2)(a), and 16(2)(a) and (3)(a)

“SCHEDULE 1 Voucher Letter Codes and Face Values — Supply and Replacement

(1)	(2)	(3)
Type of optical appliance	Letter Code	Face value of voucher
1.   Glasses with single vision lenses of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres	A	£28·70
2.   Glasses with single vision lenses— (a) of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres; (b) of a spherical power less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres.	B	£43·60
3.   Glasses with single vision lenses of a spherical power of 10 or more dioptres but not more than 14 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres.	C	£59·40
4.   Glasses with single vision lenses— (a) of a spherical power of more than 14 dioptres with any cylindrical power; (b) of a cylindrical power of more than 6 dioptres with any spherical power.	D	£134·20
5.   Glasses with bifocal lenses of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres;	E	£49·50
6.   Glasses with bifocal lenses— (a) of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres; (b) of a spherical power less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres.	F	£63·00
7.   Glasses with bifocal lenses of a spherical power of 10 or more dioptres but not more than 14 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres;	G	£75·80
8.   Glasses with prism-controlled bifocal lenses of any power or with bifocal lenses— (a) of a spherical power of more than 14 dioptres with any cylindrical power; (b) with a cylindrical power of more than 6 dioptres with any spherical power.	H	£147·50
9.   Glasses not falling within any of paragraphs 1 to 8 for which a prescription is given in consequence of a testing of sight by an HSS trust.	I	£147·50
10.   Contact lenses for which a prescription is given in consequence of a testing of sight by an HSS trust.	J	£42·00”

Regulation 11(3)

PART II Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations as substituted by these Regulations

Regulation 19(2) and (3)

“SCHEDULE 3 Voucher Value — Repair

(1)	(2)
	Letter Codes — Values
Nature of repair to appliance	A £	B £	C £	D £	E £	F £	G £	H & I £
Repair or replacement of one lens	8·90	16·40	24·30	52·90	19·40	26·00	32·50	58·70
Repair or replacement of 2 lenses	18·00	32·90	48·70	105·90	38·80	52·10	65·10	117.50
Repair or replacement of:
the front of a frame	9·20	9·20	9·20	9·20	9·20	9·20	9·20	9·20
a side of a frame	5·50	5·50	5·50	5·50	5·50	5·50	5·50	5·50
the whole frame	10·80	10·80	10·80	10·80	10·80	10·80	10·80	10·80”