
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998.
2 
In regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations (interpretation) in the definition of “NHS sight test fee”–
(a) in sub-paragraph (a) for “£40.33” there is substituted “£41.54”; and
(b) in sub-paragraph (b) for “£14.57” there is substituted “£15.01”.
3 
In regulation 15 of the principal Regulations (eligibility – replacement or repair) in paragraph (1)(b)–
(a) for the words “in regulation 8(2)(c), (d) or (e)” there is substituted “in regulation 8(2)(b), (c), (d) or (e)”; and
(b) after the word “illness” in both places where it occurs there is inserted “or disability”.
4 
In regulation 19 of the principal Regulations (redemption value of voucher – replacement or repair)–
(a) in paragraph (1)(b) for “£42.00” there is substituted “£42.80”;
(b) in paragraph (3)(a) for “£10.80” there is substituted “£11.00”; and
(c) in paragraph (3)(b) for “£47.30” there is substituted “£48.20”.
5 

(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).

Column 1 Column 2
Old amount New amount
£28.70 £29.30
£43.60 £44.50
£59.40 £60.60
£134.20 £136.90
£49.50 £50.50
£63.00 £64.30
£75.80 £77.30
£147.50 (in both places where it appears) £150.50
£42.00 £42.80
(2) For Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (voucher values – repair) there is substituted the Schedule 2 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
(3) In Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small glasses and special frames and complex appliances)–
(a) in paragraph 1(1)(a) (single vision lens with prism) for “£6.00” there is substituted “£6.10”;
(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b) (other lens with prism) for “£6.90” there is substituted “£7.00”;
(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens) for “£3.00” there is substituted “£3.10”;
(d) in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens) for “£3.50” there is substituted “£3.60”;
(e) in paragraph 1(1)(e) (small glasses)–
(i) in sub-head (i) for “£47.30” there is substituted “£48.20”;
(ii) in sub-head (ii) for “£42.00” there is substituted “£42.80”; and
(iii) in sub-head (iii) for “£22.70” there is substituted “£23.20”;
(f) in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frame) for “£47.30” there is substituted “£48.20”; for “£42.00” there is substituted “£42.80”; and for “£22.70” there is substituted “£23.20”;
(g) in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment – single vision lenses) for “£10.00” there is substituted “£10.20”; and
(h) in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment – other lenses) for “£25.40” there is substituted “£25.90”.
6 
The amendments made by regulations 4 and 5 of, and the Schedule to these Regulations, apply only in relation to a voucher accepted or used pursuant to regulation 12 or regulation 17 of the principal Regulations on or after 1st April 2000.
SUSAN C DEACON
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
7th March 2000
SCHEDULE
Regulation 5(2)

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SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 19(2) and (3)


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 9.10 16.70 24.80 63.00 19.80 26.50 33.20 69.80
Repair or replacement of two lenses 18.40 33.60 49.70 125.90 39.60 53.10 66.40 139.50
Repair or replacement of:
 the front of a frame 9.40 9.40 9.40 9.40 9.40 9.40 9.40 9.40

 a side of a frame 5.60 5.60 5.60 5.60 5.60 5.60 5.60 5.60

 the whole frame 11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00”.
