The National Health Service (Payments for Optical Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment (No.4) Regulations 1988

• Citation: S.I. 1988/1950
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Payments for Optical Appliances) (Scotland) Amendment (No.4) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st December 1988.

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

Section 2 Amendment of the principal Regulations

(1) In regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations (interpretation) after the definition of “responsible Board” there shall be inserted the following definition:—

“ small glasses ” means glasses the lens apertures of which have datum centres not more than 56 millimetres apart; and for this purpose “ datum centre ” is to be construed in accordance with Part One of British Standard 3521: 1962 (Glossary of Terms relating to Ophthalmic Lenses and Spectacle Frames) published by the British Standards Institution, as effective on 9th November 1988;

(2) In regulation 7 of the principal Regulations (payments to suppliers)—

(a) at the end of paragraph (2)(c)(ii)( ) the word “and” shall be revoked;

(b) after paragraph (2)(c)(iii) there shall be added the following head:—

(iv) where the claim relates to a voucher the value of which is increased in accordance with paragraph 1(e) of the Notes in Schedule 1, certified that the glasses supplied were small glasses.

(3) In the Notes in Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, special glasses and complex appliances)( )—

(a) for paragraph 1(e)( ) there shall be substituted the following:—

(e) by £31.50 in respect of small glasses;

(b) after paragraph 2 there shall be added the following—

(2A) Where the face value of a voucher is increased in accordance with paragraph 1(g) of these Notes, it may not be further increased in accordance with paragraph 1(e) of these Notes.

Section 3 Saving for existing vouchers

The amendments made by regulation 2 of these Regulations shall not have effect in relation to any voucher issued before these Regulations come into force, or in relation to any claim for payment in respect of any such voucher.