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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 “£60.75” substitute “£61.77”;
(b)in paragraph (3), for “£15.80” substitute “£16.06”.
(3) In Schedule 1 (voucher letter codes and face values - supply and replacement), in column (3) (face value of voucher) of the table—
(a)for “£41.70” substitute “£42.40”;
(b)for “£63.20” substitute “£64.26”;
(c)for “£92.60” substitute “£94.14”;
(d)for “£208.90” substitute “£212.40”;
(e)for “£71.90” substitute “£73.10”;
(f)for “£91.20” substitute “£92.72”;
(g)for “£118.50” substitute “£120.48”;
(h)for “£229.70” substitute “£233.56”;
(i)for “£214.00” substitute “£217.58”;
(j)for “£60.75” substitute “£61.77”.
(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 “£13.45” substitute “£13.67”;
(ii)in paragraph (b), for “£16.40” substitute “£16.67”;
(iii)in paragraph (c), for “£4.70” substitute “£4.77”;
(iv)in paragraph (d), for “£5.20” substitute “£5.28”;
(v)in paragraph (e)—
(aa)for “£68.45” substitute “£69.60”;
(bb)for “£60.75” substitute “£61.77”;
(cc)for “£32.80” substitute “£33.35”;
(vi)in paragraph (f)—
(aa)in sub-paragraph (i), for “£68.45” substitute “£69.60”;
(bb)in sub-paragraph (ii), for “£60.75” substitute “£61.77”;
(cc)in sub-paragraph (iii), for “£32.80” substitute “£33.35”;
(b)in paragraph 2—
(i)in sub-paragraph (a), for “£15.55” substitute “£15.81”;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (b), for “£39.90” substitute “£40.57”.
(5) In Schedule 3 (voucher values – repair), for the table substitute—
“(1) | (2) | ||||||||
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Nature of repair | Letter of code - value of voucher | ||||||||
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
Repair or replacement of one lens | £13.17 | £24.10 | £39.04 | £98.17 | £28.52 | £38.33 | £52.21 | £108.75 | £100.76 |
Repair or replacement of two lenses | £26.34 | £48.20 | £78.08 | £196.34 | £57.04 | £76.66 | £104.42 | £217.50 | £201.52 |
Repair or replacement of the front of a frame | £13.47 | £13.47 | £13.47 | £13.47 | £13.47 | £13.47 | £13.47 | £13.47 | £13.47 |
Repair or replacement of the side of a frame | £7.98 | £7.98 | £7.98 | £7.98 | £7.98 | £7.98 | £7.98 | £7.98 | £7.98 |
Repair or replacement of the whole of a frame | £16.06 | £16.06 | £16.06 | £16.06 | £16.06 | £16.06 | £16.06 | £16.06 | £16.06.” |
S.I. 2013/461. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2016/325, S.I. 2022/221 and S.I. 2023/244. 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.