The National Health Service (Payments for Optical Appliances) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1988

• Citation: S.I. 1988/1435
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Payments for Optical Appliances) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st September 1988.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Payments for Optical Appliances) Regulations 1986 .

Section 2 Amendment of the principal Regulations

(1) For each amount specified in column 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations, where it appears in column 3 in Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations in relation to the letter code specified in column 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations, there is substituted the amount specified in column 3 of the Schedule to these Regulations.

(2) In Part II of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, special glasses and complex appliances), in paragraph 1(1)(e) and (g) for “£30.00” and “£30” respectively there is substituted in each case “£31.50”.

Section 3 Application of Regulations and revocations

(1) The increases effected by these Regulations apply only in relation to vouchers accepted pursuant to regulation 6 of the principal Regulations on or after 1st September 1988 or sent to a health authority pursuant to regulation 8(2)(c) of the principal Regulations in respect of cost incurred on or after that date; and for the purposes of those Regulations the redemption value of a voucher so accepted before that date or so sent in respect of cost incurred before that date shall be determined according to its face value when it was accepted or when the cost was incurred.

(2) Regulation 2(4) of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Health Service (Payments for Optical Appliances) Amendment Regulations 1988 are revoked.