Optical Charges and Payments (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Amendment of the Schedules to the principal Regulations

11.—(1) For Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (voucher letter codes and face values — supply and replacement), substitute the Schedule 1 set out in Part I of the Schedule.

(2) In Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances)—

(a)in paragraph 1(1)(a) (prism — single vision lens) for “£5·40” substitute “£6·00”;

(b)in paragraph 1(1)(b) (prism — other lens) for “£6·70” substitute “£6·90”;

(c)in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens) for “£2·90” substitute “£3·00”, and after “tinted” insert “or photochromic”;

(d)in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens), for “£3·40” substitute “£3·50”, and after “tinted” insert “or photochromic”;

(e)in paragraph 1(1)(e) (small glasses), for “£46·10” substitute “£47·30”, for “£40·90” substitute “£42·00”, and for “£22·10” substitute “£22·70”;

(f)in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frames), for “£46·10” substitute “£47·30”;

(g)in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment — single vision lenses), for “£4·60” substitute “£10·00”; and

(h)in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment — other cases), for “£24·80” substitute “£25·40”.

(3) For Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (voucher values — repair) substitute the Schedule 3 set out in Part II of the Schedule.