The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2015

• Citation: S.I. 2015/603 (W.)
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Title, commencement, application and interpretation

(1) The title of these Regulations is the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2015 which come into force on 1 April 2015.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

(3) In these Regulations—

“the Optical Regulations” (“ y Rheoliadau Optegol ”) means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997 .

Section 2 Amendments to the Schedules to the Optical Regulations

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

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

(a) in paragraph 1(1)(a), for “£12.40” substitute “£12.50”;

(b) in paragraph 1(1)(b), for “£15.00” substitute “£15.20”;

(c) in paragraph 1(1)(c), for “£4.20” substitute “£4.30”;

(d) in paragraph 1(1)(d), for “£4.70” substitute “£4.80”;

(e) in paragraph 1(1)(e), for “£63.00”, “£55.80”, and “£30.20” substitute “£63.60”, “£56.40” and “£30.50” respectively;

(f) in paragraph 1(1)(g), for “£63.00” substitute “£63.60”;

(g) in paragraph 2(a), for “£14.40” substitute “£14.50”; and

(h) in paragraph 2(b), for “£36.60” substitute “£37.00”.

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

Section 3 Transitional Provision

The amounts substituted by regulation 2 apply only in relation to a voucher accepted or used pursuant to regulation 12 or regulation 17 of the Optical Regulations on or after 1 April 2015.