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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st August 1991.
(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1989.
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In regulation 20 of the principal Regulations (redemption value of voucher for replacement or repair)–
(a) in paragraph (1)(b) for “£32.15” there is substituted “£32.80”; and
(b) in paragraph (3) for “£8.20” there is substituted “£8.40”.
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(1) In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (voucher letter codes and face values – supply and replacement) in column 3 (face value of voucher) for each amount specified in column 1 of the Table below (old amount) there is substituted the amount specified in relation to it in column 2 of that Table (new amount).

TABLE
Column 1 Old Amount Column 2 New Amount
£19.30 £19.70
£30.50 £31.15
£48.00 £49.00
£37.00 £37.80
£61.00 £52.30
£102.00 (in both places where it appears) £104.20
£32.15 £32.80
(2) In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances)–
(a) in paragraph 1(1)(a) (prism – single vision lens) for “£4.10” there is substituted “£4.20”;
(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b) (prism – other lens) for “£5.10” there is substituted “£5.20”;
(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens) for “£2.05” there is substituted “£2.10”;
(d) in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens) for “£2.55” there is substituted “£2.60”;
(e) in paragraph 1(1)(e) (small glasses)–
(i) in sub-head (i) for “£35.20” there is substituted “£36.00”,
(ii) in sub-head (ii) for “£31.30” there is substituted “£32.00”, and
(iii) in sub-head (iii) for “£16.90” there is substituted “£17.30”;
(f) in paragraph 1(1)(f ) (photochromic lenses) for “£2.05” there is substituted “£2.10” and for “£2.55” there is substituted “£2.60”;
(g) in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frames) for “£35.20” there is substituted “£36.00”;
(h) in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment – single vision lenses) for “£3.60” there is substituted “£3.70”; and
(i) in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment – other lenses) for “£19.25” there is substituted “£19.70”.
(3) For Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (voucher values – repair) there is substituted the Schedule 3 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
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The amendments made by regulations 2 and 3 of, and the Schedule to, these Regulations apply only in relation to a voucher–
(a) accepted or used on or after 1st August 1991 pursuant to regulation 12 or regulation 18 of the principal Regulations; or
(b) sent to a health authority pursuant to regulation 14(2)(c) of the principal Regulations in respect of cost incurred on or after that date.
William Waldegrave
Secretary of State for Health
23rd July 1991
SCHEDULE
Regulation 3(3)

SCHEDULE 3
Regulation 20(2) and (3)


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 Letter Codes – Values
Nature of repair to applicance A B C D E F and G
 £ £ £ £ £ £
Repair or replacement of one lens 5.65 11.40 20.30 14.70 26.95 47.90
Repair or replacement of two lenses 11.30 22.75 40.60 29.40 53.90 95.80
Repair or replacement of– the front of a frame 7.45 7.45 7.45 7.45 7.45 7.45
a side of a frame 4.10 4.10 4.10 4.10 4.10 4.10
the whole frame 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.40 8.40