SCHEDULE

PART ISCHEDULE 1 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS AS SUBSTITUTED BY THESE REGULATIONS

SCHEDULE 1VOUCHER LETTER CODES AND FACE VALUES

Regulations 1(2) and (3), 9(3)(a), 10(3)(a), 11(3)(a), and 17(2)(a) and (3)(a)

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Type of optical appliance

Letter code

Face value of voucher

1

Glasses with single vision lenses—

a

of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres;

b

of a spherical power of not more than 2 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres and not more than 4 dioptres.

A

£23.70

2

Glasses with single vision lenses—

a

of a spherical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 4 dioptres;

b

of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres.

B

£37.40

3

Glasses with single vision lenses—

a

of a spherical power of 10 or more dioptres but not more than 20 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres;

b

with a spherical power of not more than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 4 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres;

c

of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 4 dioptres.

C

£51.00

4

Glasses with single vision lenses—

a

of a spherical power of more than 20 dioptres with any cylindrical power;

b

of a spherical power of not more than 20 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 6 dioptres.

D

£100.00

5

Glasses with bifocal lenses—

a

of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres;

b

of a spherical power of not more than 2 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres and not more than 4 dioptres.

E

£41.00

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 2 dioptres;

b

of a spherical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 4 dioptres.

F

£54.00

7

Glasses with bifocal lenses—

a

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;

b

of a spherical power of not more than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 4 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres;

c

of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 4 dioptres.

G

£65.00

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

of a spherical power of not more than 14 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 6 dioptres.

H

£110.00

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 a Health Board or an NHS trust.

I

£110.00

10

Contact lenses for which a prescription is given in consequence of a testing of sight by a Health Board or an NHS trust.

J

£35.90 (per lens)