The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1991

Amendment of Schedules to the principal Regulations

3.—(1) In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (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) there is substituted the amount specified in relation to it in column 2 of that Table (new amount).

TABLE

Column 1 Old Amount	Column 2 New Amount
£19.30	£19.70
£30.50	£31.15
£48.00	£49.00
£37.00	£37.80
£61.00	£52.30
£102.00 (in both places where it appears)	£104.20
£32.15	£32.80

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

(a) in paragraph 1(1)(a) (prism – single vision lens) for “£4.10” there is substituted “£4.20”;

(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b) (prism – other lens) for “£5.10” there is substituted “£5.20”;

(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens) for “£2.05” there is substituted “£2.10”;

(d) in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens) for “£2.55” there is substituted “£2.60”;

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

(i) in sub-head (i) for “£35.20” there is substituted “£36.00”,

(ii) in sub-head (ii) for “£31.30” there is substituted “£32.00”, and

(iii) in sub-head (iii) for “£16.90” there is substituted “£17.30”;

(f) in paragraph 1(1)(f ) (photochromic lenses) for “£2.05” there is substituted “£2.10” and for “£2.55” there is substituted “£2.60”;

(g) in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frames) for “£35.20” there is substituted “£36.00”;

(h) in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment – single vision lenses) for “£3.60” there is substituted “£3.70”; and

(i) in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment – other lenses) for “£19.25” there is substituted “£19.70”.

(3) For Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (voucher values – repair) there is substituted the Schedule 3 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.