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The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
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Amendment of the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 2013
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2.—(1) The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 20 (redemption value of voucher for replacement or repair)—
(a)in paragraph (1)(b), for “£58.15” substitute “£60.75”; and
(b)in paragraph (3), for “£15.10” substitute “£15.80”.
(3) In Schedule 1 (voucher letter codes and face values—supply and replacement), in column (3) of the table (face value of voucher)—
(a)for “£39.90” substitute “£41.70”;
(b)for “£60.50” substitute “£63.20”;
(c)for “£88.60” substitute “£92.60”;
(d)for “£199.90” substitute “£208.90”;
(e)for “£68.80” substitute “£71.90”;
(f)for “£87.30” substitute “£91.20”;
(g)for “£113.40” substitute “£118.50”;
(h)for “£219.80” substitute £229.70”;
(i)for “£204.80” substitute “£214.00”; and
(j)for “£58.15” substitute “£60.75”.
(4) In Schedule 2 (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances)—
(a)in paragraph 1(1)—
(i)in paragraph (a), for “£12.85” substitute “£13.45”;
(ii)in paragraph (b), for “£15.70” substitute “£16.40”;
(iii)in paragraph (c), for “£4.50” substitute “£4.70”;
(iv)in paragraph (d), for “£5.00” substitute “£5.20”;
(v)in paragraph (e)—
(aa)for “£65.50” substitute “£68.45”;
(bb)for “£58.15” substitute “£60.75”;
(cc)for “£31.40” substitute “£32.80”;
(vi)in paragraph (f)—
(aa)in sub-paragraph (i), for “£65.50” substitute “£68.45”;
(bb)in sub-paragraph (ii), for “£58.15” substitute “£60.75”;
(cc)in sub-paragraph (iii), for “£31.40” substitute “£32.80”;
(b)in paragraph 2—
(i)in sub-paragraph (a), for “£14.90” substitute “£15.55”; and
(ii)in sub-paragraph (b), for “£38.15” substitute “£39.90”.
(5) In Schedule 3 (voucher values—repair), for the table substitute—
| (1) | (2) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nature of repair | Letter code – value of voucher | ||||||||
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Repair or replacement of one lens | 12.95 | 23.70 | 38.40 | 96.55 | 28.05 | 37.70 | 51.35 | 106.95 | 99.10 |
| Repair or replacement of two lenses | 25.90 | 47.40 | 76.80 | 193.10 | 56.10 | 75.40 | 102.70 | 213.90 | 198.20 |
| Repair or replacement of the front of a frame | 13.25 | 13.25 | 13.25 | 13.25 | 13.25 | 13.25 | 13.25 | 13.25 | 13.25 |
| Repair or replacement of the side of a frame | 7.85 | 7.85 | 7.85 | 7.85 | 7.85 | 7.85 | 7.85 | 7.85 | 7.85 |
| Repair or replacement of the whole of a frame | 15.80 | 15.80 | 15.80 | 15.80 | 15.80 | 15.80 | 15.80 | 15.80 | 15.80 |
(1)
S.I. 2013/461. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2016/325 and S.I. 2022/221. Under the Health and Care Act 2022, the NHS Commissioning Board was renamed NHS England (section 1). As a consequence of that change, under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 1 to the Health and Care Act 2022, the references to the NHS Commissioning Board in S.I. 2013/261 (defined as “the Board” in regulation 1(1)) are to be read, in relation to any time on or after 1st July 2022, as references to NHS England.
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