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Regulations 1(2) and (3), 9(2)a), 10(2)(a), 16(2)(a) and (3)(a)
Textual Amendments
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
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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 | [F2£41.70] |
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 | [F2£63.20] |
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 | [F2£92.60] |
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 | [F2£208.90] |
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 | [F2£71.90] |
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 | [F2£91.20] |
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 | [F2£118.50] |
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 | [F2£229.70] |
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 F3... [F4a Health Board]. | I | [F2£214.00] |
10. Contact lenses for which a prescription is given in consequence of a testing of sight by F3... [F4a Health Board]. | J | [F2£60.75]] |
Textual Amendments
F2Sums in sch. 1 substituted (1.6.2023) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/125), regs. 1(1), 4 (with reg. 7)
F3Words in sch. 1 omitted (5.10.1999) by virtue of The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1999 (S.S.I. 1999/64), regs. 1, 8 (with reg. 10)
F4Words in sch. 1 substituted (1.4.2004) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/168), regs. 1(2), 2(8)
Regulation 19(2) and (3)
Textual Amendments
Column 1 | Column 2 | ||||||||
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Nature of Repair to Appliance | Letter Codes-Values | ||||||||
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
Repair or replacement of one lens | 12.95 | 23.70 | 38.40 | 96.55 | 28.05 | 37.70 | 51.35 | 106.95 | 99.10 |
Repair or replacement of two lenses | 25.90 | 47.40 | 76.80 | 193.10 | 56.10 | 75.40 | 102.70 | 213.90 | 198.20 |
Repair or replacement of the front of a frame | 13.25 | 13.25 | 13.25 | 13.25 | 13.25 | 13.25 | 13.25 | 13.25 | 13.25 |
Repair or replacement of a side of a frame | 7.85 | 7.85 | 7.85 | 7.85 | 7.85 | 7.85 | 7.85 | 7.85 | 7.85 |
Repair or replacement of the whole frame | 15.80 | 15.80 | 15.80 | 15.80 | 15.80 | 15.80 | 15.80 | 15.80 | 15.80] |
Regulations 1(2), 13(2)(c)(iv) [F6, 13(2C)(c)(iv)] and 19(2) and (3)
Textual Amendments
F6Word in Sch. 3 inserted (1.4.2019) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/50), regs. 1, 11
1.—(1) The amounts in column 3 of Schedule 1 and column 2 of Schedule 2 and in paragraph 2(a) and (b) of this Schedule shall be increased as follows:S
(a)by [F7£13.45] in respect of each single vision lens containing a necessary prism;
(b)by [F8£16.40] in respect of each other lens containing a necessary prism;
(c)by [F9£4.70] in respect of each necessary single vision tinted [F10or photochromic] lens;
(d)by [F11£5.20] in respect of each necessary other tinted [F12 or photochromic] lens;
(e)in respect of small glasses–
(i)by [F13£68.45] in the case of supply or replacement of glasses or repair of the whole frame;
(ii)by [F14£60.75] in the case of repair or replacement of the front of the frame; and
(iii)by [F15£32.80] in the case of repair or replacement of a side of a frame;
F16(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(g)where the voucher is issued or completed by [F17a Health Board] (in connection with the hospital eye service), [F18by an ophthalmic medical practitioner, or by an optician,] in respect of glasses the frame of which is certified by [F17a Health Board] [F19, the ophthalmic medical practitioner, or the optician] as being required to be specially manufactured on account of the patient’s facial characteristics, by [F20£68.45] in the case of supply or replacement of the glasses or repair of the whole frame, by [F20£60.75] in the case of repair of the front of the frame and by [F20£32.80] in the case of repair of a side of a frame.
(2) The increases provided for by sub-paragraph (1)(e)F21... and (g) of this paragraph do not apply in the case of a voucher relating to glasses if it is accepted in connection with the supply or replacement of contact lenses.
(3) In sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph “necessary” in relation to a prisms or a tinted or photochromic lens means that the prism, tint or photochromic quality has been prescribed on the basis of clinical need.
(4) Where the face value of a voucher is increased in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(g) of this paragraph, it may not be further increased in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(e) of this paragraph.
Textual Amendments
F7Sum in sch. 3 para. 1(1)(a) substituted (1.6.2023) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/125), regs. 1(1), 6(a) (with reg. 7)
F8Sum in sch. 3 para. 1(1)(b) substituted (1.6.2023) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/125), regs. 1(1), 6(b) (with reg. 7)
F9Sum in sch. 3 para. 1(1)(c) substituted (1.6.2023) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/125), regs. 1(1), 6(c) (with reg. 7)
F10Words in sch. 3 para. 1(1)(c) inserted (1.4.1999) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/748), regs. 1, 12(3)(c)
F11Sum in sch. 3 para. 1(1)(d) substituted (1.6.2023) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/125), regs. 1(1), 6(d) (with reg. 7)
F12Words in sch. 3 para. 1(1)(d) inserted (1.4.1999) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/748), regs. 1, 12(3)(d)
F13Sum in sch. 3 para. 1(1)(e)(i) substituted (1.6.2023) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/125), regs. 1(1), 6(e)(i) (with reg. 7)
F14Sum in sch. 3 para. 1(1)(e)(ii) substituted (1.6.2023) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/125), regs. 1(1), 6(e)(ii) (with reg. 7)
F15Sum in sch. 3 para. 1(1)(e)(iii) substituted (1.6.2023) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/125), regs. 1(1), 6(e)(iii) (with reg. 7)
F16Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(f) revoked (1.4.1999) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/748), regs. 1, 13(a)
F17Words in sch. 3 para. 1(1)(g) substituted (1.4.2004) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/168), regs. 1(2), 2(9)
F18Words in sch. 3 para. 1(1)(g) inserted (1.7.2022) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments and General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/169), regs. 1(1), 7(f)(i) (with reg. 15)
F19Words in sch. 3 para. 1(1)(g) inserted (1.7.2022) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments and General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/169), regs. 1(1), 7(f)(ii) (with reg. 15)
F20Sum in sch. 3 para. 1(1)(g) substituted (1.6.2023) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/125), regs. 1(1), 6(f) (with reg. 7)
F21Word in Sch. 3 para. 1(2) omitted (1.4.1999) by virtue of The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/748), regs. 1, 13(b)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 1.4.1998, see reg. 1(1)
2. The minimum complex appliance payment is–S
(a)for a complex appliance with single vision lenses only, [F22£15.55];
(b)for any other complex appliance, [F23£39.90],
plus, in each case, the amount of any increase provided for by paragraph 1 of this Schedule.
Textual Amendments
F22Sum in sch. 3 para. 2(a) substituted (1.6.2023) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/125), regs. 1(1), 6(g) (with reg. 7)
F23Sum in sch. 3 para. 2(b) substituted (1.6.2023) by The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/125), regs. 1(1), 6(h) (with reg. 7)
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 3 para. 2 in force at 1.4.1998, see reg. 1(1)
Regulation 24
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 4 in force at 1.4.1998, see reg. 1(1)
1 | 2 | 3 |
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Regulations Revoked | Reference | Extent of revocation |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 | S.I. 1989/392 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1990 | S.I. 1990/504 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 1991 | S.I. 1991/534 | The whole Regulations except regulations 19 and 20 |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1991 | S.I. 1991/1731 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1991 | S.I. 1991/2487 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 1992 | S.I. 1992/531 | The whole Regulations except regulation 5 |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1993 | S.I. 1993/524 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1994 | S.I. 1994/145 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1994 | S.I. 1994/635 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.3) Regulations 1994 | S.I. 1994/2587 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1995 | S.I. 1995/1 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1995 | S.I. 1995/705 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.3) Regulations 1995 | S.I. 1995/2369 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996 | S.I. 1996/473 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1996 | S.I. 1996/2354 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.3) Regulations 1996 | S.I. 1996/2556 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997 | S.I. 1997/1013 | The whole Regulations |
The National Health Service (Optical Charges & Payments) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1997 | S.I. 1997/2492 | The whole Regulations |