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Regulations 1(2), 9(4)(a), 10(2)(a) and 17(2)(b) and (3)(b)
(1) Type of Optical Appliance | (2) Letter Code | (3) Face value of Voucher |
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1 Glasses with single vision lenses of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres. | A | £37.50 |
2 Glasses with single vision lenses— (a) of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres; (b) of a spherical power of less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres. | B | £57.00 |
3 Glasses with single vision lenses of a spherical power of 10 or more dioptres but not more than 14 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres. | C | £83.40 |
4 Glasses with single vision lenses— (a) of a spherical power of more than 14 dioptres with any cylindrical power; (b) of a cylindrical power of more than 6 dioptres with any spherical power. | D | £188.40 |
5 Glasses with bifocal lenses of a spherical power of not more than 6 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 2 dioptres. | E | £64.80 |
6 Glasses with bifocal lenses— (a) of a spherical power of more than 6 dioptres but less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres; (b) of a spherical power less than 10 dioptres with a cylindrical power of more than 2 dioptres but not more than 6 dioptres. | F | £82.40 |
7 Glasses with bifocal lenses of a spherical power of 10 or more dioptres but not more than 14 dioptres with a cylindrical power of not more than 6 dioptres. | G | £106.90 |
8 Glasses with prism-controlled bifocal lenses of any power or with bifocal lenses— (a) of a spherical power of more than 14 dioptres with any cylindrical power; (b) with a cylindrical power of more than 6 dioptres with any spherical power. | H | £207.20 |
9 Glasses not falling within any of paragraphs 1 to 8 for which a prescription is given in consequence of a sight test by an NHS trust or NHS foundation trust. | I | £192.90 |
10 A contact lens for which a prescription is given in consequence of a sight test by an NHS trust or NHS foundation trust. | J | £54.70 |
For the purposes of this Schedule ––
(a)where an optical appliance has lenses described in different paragraphs in column 1, the face value of a voucher for the appliance must be determined according to whichever lens would provide the greater face value;
(b)subject to paragraph (c), where an optical appliance has a bifocal lens, the power of the lens must be determined according to the power of that segment of the lens designed to correct a defect in distant sight;
(c)where an optical appliance has a bifocal lens, the reading segment of which is more than 4 dioptres more powerful than the distance segment, the power of the lens must be determined according to the power of the reading segment; and
(d)a monocle must be treated as though it were glasses.
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