SCHEDULE
PART ISCHEDULE 1 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS AS SUBSTITUTED BY THESE REGULATIONS
SCHEDULE 1VOUCHER LETTER CODES AND FACE VALUES
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)