Optical Charges and Payments (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Contents

1Citation, commencement and interpretation#

(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Optical Charges and Payments (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation—

(a)except for regulation 2, on 1st April 2001; and

(b)regulation 2 on 10th April 2001.

(2)In these Regulations—• “the principal Regulations” means the Health and Personal Social Services (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997.

2Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations#

In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (charges for optical appliances supplied by an HSS trust)—

(a)in paragraph (3) for “£42·80” there shall be substituted “£43·90”; and

(b)in paragraph (5)(b) for “£52·50” and “£85·40” in both places where they occur there shall be substituted “£53·80” and “£87·50” respectively.

3Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal Regulations#

In regulation 8(3)(c) and (g) of the principal Regulations (eligibility — supply of optical appliances) for “£70·00” on each occasion it appears there shall be substituted “£71·00”.

4Amendment of regulation 19 of the principal Regulations#

In regulation 19 of the principal Regulations (redemption value of voucher for replacement or repair)—

(a)in paragraph (1)(b) for “£42·80” there shall be substituted “£43·90”; and

(b)in paragraph (3) for “£11·00” there shall be substituted “£11·30”.

5Amendment of Schedules to the principal Regulations#

(1)In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (voucher letter codes and face values — supply and replacement) in column 3 (face value of voucher) for each amount specified in column 1 of the Table below (old amount) there shall be substituted the amount specified in relation to it in column 2 of that Table (new amount).

TABLE
Column 1	Column 2
Old amount	New amount
£ 29·30	£ 30·00
£ 44·50	£ 45·60
£ 60·60	£ 62·10
£136·90	£140·30
£ 50·50	£ 51·80
£ 64·30	£ 65·90
£ 77·30	£ 79·60
£150·50 (in both places where it appears)	£154·30
£ 42·80	£ 43·90

(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 “£6·10” there shall be substituted “£6·30”;

(b)in paragraph 1(1)(b) (prism — other lens) for “£7·00” there shall be substituted “£7·20”;

(c)in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens) for “£3·10” there shall be substituted “£3·20”;

(d)in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens) for “£3·60” there shall be substituted “£3·70”;

(e)in paragraph 1(1)(e) (small glasses)—

(i)in sub-head (i) for “£48·20” there shall be substituted “£49·40”,

(ii)in sub-head (ii) for “£42·80” there shall be substituted “£43·90”, and

(iii)in sub-head (iii) for “£23·20” there shall be substituted “£23·80”;

(f)in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frames) for “£48·20” there shall be substituted “£49·40”;

(g)in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment — single vision lenses) for “£10·20” there shall be substituted “£10·50”; and

(h)in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment – other cases) for “£25·90” there shall be substituted “£26·50”.

(3)For Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (voucher values — repair) there shall be substituted the Schedule 3 set out in the Schedule.

Schedule · Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations as substituted by these Regulations

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