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"the principal Regulations" means the Health and Personal Social Services (Optical Charges and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997[3].

Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations
     2. 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.

Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal Regulations
     3. 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".

Amendment of regulation 19 of the principal Regulations
     4. 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".

Amendment of Schedules to the principal Regulations
     5.  - (1) In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (voucher letter codes and face values  -  supply and replacement)[4] 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)[5] there shall be substituted the Schedule 3 set out in the Schedule.



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on


27th March 2001.

L.S.

D. A. Baker
A Senior Officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety


The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Regulations.



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on


27th March 2001.

L.S.

D. Sterling
A Senior Officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel

[2] S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14) as amended by Article 3(2) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to, the Health and Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/1158 (N.I. 8)); paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 8 of the Health and Medicines (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/2249 (N.I. 24)); Article 34 of, and Part II of Schedule 5 to, the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1)); there are other amendments which are not relevantback

[3] S.R. 1997 No. 191; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1999 Nos. 111 and 394 and S.R. 2000 No. 51back

[4] Schedule 1 is substituted by the Schedule to S.R. 1999 No. 111 and amended by S.R. 2000 No. 51back

[5] Schedule 3 is substituted by the Schedule to S.R. 2000 No. 51back

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