The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2008

• Citation: S.I. 2008/553
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 1st April 2008.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England.

(3) In these Regulations “the Optical Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997 .

Section 2 Amendment to the Optical Regulations

Regulation 19 of the Optical Regulations (redemption value of voucher for replacement or repair) is amended as follows—

(a) in paragraph (1)(b), for “£50.50” substitute “£51.90”; and

(b) in paragraph (3), for “£13.00” substitute “£13.40”.

Section 3 Amendments to the Schedules to the Optical Regulations

(1) Schedules 1 to 3 of the Optical Regulations are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In Schedule 1 (voucher letter codes and face values-supply and replacement)—

(a) omit paragraph 10 (including columns (2) and (3) of that paragraph); and

(b) in column (3) of the table (face value of voucher), for each amount specified in column (1) of the table below substitute the amount specified in relation to it in column (2) of the table below:

(1) Old amount

(2) New amount

(3) In Schedule 2 (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances)—

(a) in paragraph 1(1)(a), for “£11.30” substitute “£11.60”;

(b) in paragraph (1)(1)(b), for “£13.50” substitute “£13.90”;

(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c), for “£3.80” substitute “£3.90”;

(d) in paragraph 1(1)(d), for “£4.30” substitute “£4.40”;

(e) in paragraph 1(1)(e), for “£57.00”, “£50.50” and “£27.30” substitute “£58.50”, “£51.90” and “£28.00” respectively;

(f) in paragraph 1(1)(g), for “£57.00” substitute “£58.50”;

(g) in paragraph 2(a), for “£13.00” substitute “£13.40”; and

(h) in paragraph 2(b), for “£33.00” substitute “£33.90”.

(4) For Schedule 3 (voucher values-repair), substitute the Schedule 3 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Section 4 Transitional Provision

The amounts substituted by regulations 2 and 3 shall apply only in relation to a voucher accepted or used pursuant to regulation 12 or regulation 17 of the Optical Regulations on or after 1st April 2008.