Optical Charges and Payments and General Ophthalmic Services (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

PART I AMENDMENTS OF OPTICAL REGULATIONS

Amendment of regulation 8 of the Optical Regulations

2.  In regulation 8(3)(k)(ii)(1) of the Optical Regulations (eligibility – supply of optical appliances) for “£14,600” there shall be substituted “£15,050”.

Amendment of regulation 19 of the Optical Regulations

3.  In regulation 19 of the Optical Regulations (redemption value of voucher for replacement or repair) –

(a) in paragraph (1)(b) for “£46·80” there shall be substituted “£48·00”; and

(b) in paragraph (3) for “£12·10” there shall be substituted “£12·40”.

Amendment of the Schedules to the Optical Regulations

4.—(1) In Schedule 1 to the Optical Regulations (voucher letter codes and face values – supply and replacement)(2), in column 3 (face value of voucher), for each amount specified in column 1 of the Table below (old amount) there shall be substituted the amount specified in relation to it in column 2 of that Table (new amount).

TABLE

Column 1	Column 2
Old amount	New amount
£32·10	£32·90
£48·80	£50·00
£71·30	£73·10
£161·00	£165·00
£55·40	£56·80
£70·40	£72·20
£91·30	£93·60
£177·00	£181·40
£164·90	£169·00
£46·80	£48·00

(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) (prism – single vision lens) for “£10·40” there shall be substituted “£10·70”;

(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b) (prism – other lens) for “£12·50” there shall be substituted “£12·80”;

(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens) for “£3·50” there shall be substituted “£3·60”;

(d) in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens) for “£4·00” there shall be substituted “£4·10”;

(e) in paragraph 1(1)(e) (small glasses) –

(i) in sub-head (i) for “£52·80” there shall be substituted “£54·10”;

(ii) in sub-head (ii) for “£46·80” there shall be substituted “£48·00”; and

(iii) in sub-head (iii) for “£25·40” there shall be substituted “£26·00”;

(f) in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frames) for “£52·80” there shall be substituted “£54·10”;

(g) in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment – single vision lenses) for “£12·10” there shall be substituted “£12·40”; and

(h) in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment – other cases) for “£30·50” there shall be substituted “£31·30”.

(3) For Schedule 3 to the Optical Regulations (voucher values – repair)(3), there shall be substituted the Schedule 3 set out in the Schedule.

Application of Regulations 3 and 4

5.  The amendments made in regulations 3 and 4 apply only in relation to a voucher accepted or used pursuant to regulation 12 or regulation 17 of the Optical Regulations on or after 1st April 2005.

(1)

Regulation 8(3)(k)(ii) was added by S.R. 2003 No. 176 and amended by S.R. 2004 No. 92

(2)

Schedule 1 is substituted by the Schedule to S.R. 1999 No. 111 and amended by S.R. 2004 No. 92

(3)

Schedule 3 is substituted by the Schedule to S.R. 2004 No. 92