The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2016

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1Title, commencement, application and interpretation#

(1)The title of these Regulations is the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2016 which come into force on 1 April 2016.

(2)These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

(3)In these Regulations—• “the Optical Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Optegol”) means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations 1997.

2Amendments to the Schedules to the Optical Regulations#

(1)Schedules 1 to 3 to the Optical Regulations are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2)In Schedule 1 (voucher letter codes and face values – supply and replacement) in column (3) of the table (face value of voucher) for each amount specified in column (1) of table 1 below substitute the amount specified in relation to it in column (2) of the table below:

Table 1
(1) Old Amount	(2) New Amount
£38.70	£39.10
£58.70	£59.30
£86.00	£86.90
£194.10	£196.00
£66.80	£67.50
£84.80	£85.60
£110.10	£111.20
£213.40	£215.50
£198.80	£200.80
£56.40	£57.00

(3)In Schedule 2 (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small and special glasses and complex appliances)—

(a)in paragraph 1(1)(a), for “£12.50” substitute “£12.60”;

(b)in paragraph 1(1)(b), for “£15.20” substitute “£15.40”;

(c)in paragraph 1(1)(c), for “£4.30” substitute “£4.40”;

(d)in paragraph 1(1)(d), for “£4.80” substitute “£4.90”;

(e)in paragraph 1(1)(e), for “£63.60”, “£56.40”, and “£30.50” substitute “£64.20”, “£57.00” and “£30.80” respectively;

(f)in paragraph 1(1)(g), for “£63.60” substitute “£64.20”;

(g)in paragraph 2(a), for “£14.50” substitute “£14.60”; and

(h)in paragraph 2(b), for “£37.00” substitute “£37.40”.

(4)For Schedule 3 (voucher values repair), substitute the Schedule 3 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

3Transitional provision#

The amounts substituted by regulation 2 apply only in relation to a voucher accepted or used pursuant to regulation 12 or regulation 17 of the Optical Regulations on or after 1 April 2016.

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

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The National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2016

1Title, commencement, application and interpretation#

2Amendments to the Schedules to the Optical Regulations#

3Transitional provision#

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

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Key facts

1Title, commencement, application and interpretation#

2Amendments to the Schedules to the Optical Regulations#

3Transitional provision#

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

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