The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999

Regulations 12(1) and (2)

SCHEDULE

PART I SCHEDULE 1 AS SUBSTITUTED BY THESE REGULATIONS

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

“SCHEDULE 1 VOUCHER LETTER CODES AND FACE VALUES – SUPPLY AND REPLACEMENT

Column 1	Column 2	Column 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 of 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 a Health Board or an NHS trust.	I	£147.50
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	£42.00”

PART II SCHEDULE 2 AS SUBSTITUTED BY THESE REGULATIONS

Regulation 19(2) and (3)

“SCHEDULE 2 VOUCHER VALUES – REPAIR

Column 1	Column 2
Nature of Repair to appliance	Letter Codes – Values
	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 two 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”