NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, SCOTLAND Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991. 2 In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 . Amendment of regulation I of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations (interpretation)— a in the definition of “complex appliance”— i in sub-paragraph (b) for “lens;” there is substituted “lens, or”; and ii after sub-paragraph (b) there is added the following sub-paragraph:— c is a prism-controlled bifocal lens; ; b for the definition of “responsible Board” there is substituted the following definition:— “responsible authority” means— a in relation to a voucher completed pursuant to regulation 4, the Health Board for the area in which the testing of sight to which it relates takes place; b in relation to a voucher issued pursuant to regulation 9 or regulation 10 or completed pursuant to regulation 17, the Health Board for the area in which the supply, replacement or repair of the optical appliance to which it relates takes or is to take place; c in relation to a voucher issued pursuant to regulation 11 or completed pursuant to regulation 17 by a Health Board, the Health Board which issues or completes it; d in relation to a voucher issued pursuant to regulation 11 or completed pursuant to regulation 17 by an NHS trust , the Health Board in whose area the patient resides; ; and c in the definition of “voucher”, in sub-paragraph (b) after the words “Health Board” in each place where they occur in heads (i) and (ii) there are inserted the words “or NHS trust”. Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations 3 In regulation 2(2) of the principal Regulations (charges for glasses and contact lenses) after the words “Health Board” there are inserted the words “or NHS trust”. Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations 4 In regulation 3(1) of the principal Regulations (eligibility – sight tests) for the word “Board” there is substituted the word “authority”. Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations 5 In regulation 5 of the principal Regulations (payments to sight testers) there is substituted for the word “Board” in each place where it occurs the word “authority”. Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal Regulation 6 In regulation 6 of the principal Regulation (payments to patients in respect of sight tests) for the word “Board” in each place where it occurs there is substituted the word “authority”. Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal Regulations 7 ln regulation 8(5) of the principal Regulations (eligibility supply of optical appliances) after the words “Health Board” in both places where they occur there are inserted the words “or NHS Trust”. Amendment of regulation 10 of the principal Regulations 8 In regulation 10(3) of the principal Regulations (issue of vouchers by Health Boards) for the word “Board” there is substituted the word “authority”. Amendment of regulation 11 of the principal Regulations 9 In regulation 11 of the principal Regulations (issue of vouchers by Health Boards in connection with the hospital eye service) after the words “Health Board” in each place where they occur there are inserted the words “or NHS trust”. Amendment of regulation 12 of the principal Regulations 10 In regulation 12(4)(b) of the principal Regulations (use of vouchers for the supply of optical appliances) for the word “Board” there is substituted the word “authority”. Amendment of regulation 13 of the principal Regulations 11 In regulation 13 of the principal Regulations (payments to suppliers)— a in paragraph (1) for the words “Health Board” there are substituted the words “responsible authority”; b in paragraph (2) for the word “Board” in each place where it occurs there is substituted the word “authority”. Amendment of regulation 14 of the principal Regulations 12 In regulation 14 of the principal Regulations (payments to patients in Health Board cases)— a in paragraph (1) after the words “Health Board” there are inserted the words “or NHS trust”; and b in paragraph (2) and (3) for the word “Board” in each place where it occurs there is inserted the word “authority”. Amendment of regulation 16 of the principal Regulations 13 In regulation 16 of the principal Regulations (eligibility–replacement or repair) for the word “Board” in each place where it occurs there is substituted the word “authority”. Amendment of regulation 17 of the principal Regulations 14 In regulation 17 of the principal Regulations (completion of vouchers) for the word “Board” in each place where it occurs there is substituted the word “authority”. Amendment of regulation 19 of the principal Regulations 15 In regulation 19 of the principal Regulations (payments to suppliers – replacement or repair) for the word “Board” in each place where it occurs there is substituted “authority”. Amendment of regulation 20 of the principal Regulations 16 In regulation 20 of the principal Regulations (redemption value of voucher – replacement or repair)— a in paragraph (1)(b) for “£28.85” there is substituted “£32.15”; b in paragraph (3)(i) for “£7.70” there is substituted “£8.20”; and c in paragraph (3)(ii) for “£34.50” there is substituted “£35.30”. Amendment of regulation 21 of the principal Regulations 17 In regulation 21 of the principal Regulations (amounts wrongly paid) for the word “Board” in each place where it occurs there is substituted the word “authority”. Amendment of Schedules to the principal Regulations 18 1 In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (voucher letter codes and face values) in column 1 (type of optical appliance)— a in paragraph 3— i in sub-paragraph (b) for the words “exceeding 1O dioptres” there are substituted the words “of 10 or more dioptres”; and ii in sub-paragraph (c) for the words “not exceeding 10 dioptres” there are substituted the words “of less than 10 dioptres”; and b in paragraph 6— i for the words “prism segment bifocal lenses” there are substituted the words “prism-controlled bifocal lenses”; ii in sub-paragraph (b) for the words “exceeding 10 dioptres” there are substituted the words “of 10 or more dioptres”; and iii in sub-paragraph (c) for the words “not exceeding 10 dioptres” there are substituted the words “of less than 10 dioptres”; and c in paragraphs 7 and 8 after the words “Health Board” there are inserted the words “or NHS trust”. 2 In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations in column 3 (face value of voucher) for each amount specified in column I of the Table below (old amount) there is 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 £18.00 £19.30 £28.75 £30.50 £47.00 £48.00 £34.75 £37.00 £59.75 £61.00 £100.00 (in both places where it appears) £102.00 £28.85 £32.15 3 For Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (voucher values repair) there is substituted the Schedule 2 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. 4 In Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (prisms, tints, photochromic lenses, small glasses and special frames and complex appliances)— a in paragraph 1(1)(a) (single vision lens with prism) for “£4.00” there is substituted “£4.10”; b in paragraph 1(1)(b) (other lens with prism) for “£5.00” there is substituted “£5.10”; c in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens) for “£2.00” there is substituted “£2.05”; d in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens) for “£2.50” there is substituted “£2.55”; e in paragraph 1(1)(e) (small glasses)— i for “£34.50” there is substituted “£35.20”; ii for “£30.70” there is substituted “£31.30”; and iii for “£16.60” there is substituted “£16.90”; f in paragraph 1(1)(f) (photochromic lenses)— i after the word “Board” there are inserted the words “or NHS trust”; and ii for “£2.00” there is substituted “£2.05” and for “£2.50” there is substituted “£2.55”; g in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frames)— i after the word “Board” in both places where it occurs there are inserted the words “or NHS trust”; and ii for “£34.50” there is substituted “£35.20”; h in paragraph 2(a) (minimuin complex appliance payment – single vision lens) for “£3.50” there is substituted “£3.60”; and i in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment other lenses) for “£18.75” there is substituted “£19.25”. Amendment of the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1986 19 In regulation 2(1) of the National Health Service (General Ophthalmic Services) (Scotland) Regulations 1986 in the definition of “complex appliance”— a in sub-paragraph (ii) for “lens;” there is substituted “lens, or”; b after sub-paragraph (ii) there is added the following sub-paragraph:— iii is a prism-controlled bifocal lens; . Amendment of the National Health Service (Charges for Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 1974 20 1 The National Health Service (Charges for Appliances) (Scotland) Regulations 1974 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation. 2 In regulation 5 after the word “Board” in each place where it occurs there are inserted the words “or NHS trust”. 3 In regulation 6— a in paragraph (1)— i for the words “Secretary of State or a Board” there are substituted the words “Secretary of State, an NHS trust or a Board”; ii for the words “Secretary of State or the Board” in both places where they occur there are substituted the words “Secretary of State, the NHS trust or the Board”; iii in sub-paragraph (b), for the words from “a Board” where they first occur to the word “appliances”, there are substituted the words “an NHS trust or a Board (or otherwise than by a Board by virtue of arrangements made by a Board for the provision of such appliances), the NHS trust or”; b in paragraph (2) after the word “Where” there shall be substituted the words “an NHS trust or”; and c in paragraph (4) before the words “the Board” in both places where they occur there are inserted the words “the NHS trust or”. Application of these Regulations 21 The amendments made by regulations 16 and 18(2), (3) and (4) of, and the Schedule to, these Regulations apply only in relation to a voucher— a accepted or used on or after 1st April 1991 pursuant to regulation 12 or regulation 18 of the principal Regulations; or b sent to a Health Board or NHS trust pursuant to regulation 14(2)(e) of the principal Regulations in respect of cost incurred on or after that date. Michael B. Forsvth Minister of State Scottish Office St. Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 7th March 1991