National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2014

Amendments to the Schedules to the Optical Regulations

2.—(1) Schedules 1 to 3 to the Optical Regulations are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In Schedule 1 (voucher letter codes and face values – supply and replacement) in column (3) of the table (face value of voucher) for each amount specified in column (1) of table 1 below substitute the amount specified in relation to it in column (2) of the table below:

Table 1

(1) Old Amount(2) New Amount
£37.50£38.30
£57.00£58.10
£83.40£85.10
£188.40£192.20
£64.80£66.10
£82.40£84.00
£106.90£109.00
£207.20£211.30
£192.90£196.80
£54.70£55.80

(3) In Schedule 2 (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances) -

(a)in paragraph 1(1)(a), for “£12.20” substitute “£12.40”;

(b)in paragraph 1(1)(b), for “£14.70” substitute “£15.00”;

(c)in paragraph 1(1)(c), for “£4.10” substitute “£4.20”;

(d)in paragraph 1(1)(d), for “£4.60” substitute “£4.70”;

(e)in paragraph 1(1)(e), for “£61.80”, “£54.75”, and “£29.60” substitute “£63.00”, “£55.80” and “£30.20” respectively;

(f)in paragraph 1(1)(g), for “£61.80” substitute “£63.00”;

(g)in paragraph 2(a), for “£14.10” substitute “£14.40”; and

(h)in paragraph 2(b), for “£35.90” substitute “£36.60”.

(4) For Schedule 3 (voucher values repair), substitute the Schedule 3 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.