NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000. 2 In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the National Health Service (Optical Charges and Payments) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 . Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations (interpretation) in the definition of “ NHS sight test fee”– a in sub-paragraph (a) for “£40.33” there is substituted “£41.54”; and b in sub-paragraph (b) for “£14.57” there is substituted “£15.01”. Amendment of regulation 15 of the principal Regulations 3 In regulation 15 of the principal Regulations (eligibility – replacement or repair) in paragraph (1)(b)– a for the words “in regulation 8(2)(c), (d) or (e)” there is substituted “in regulation 8(2)(b), (c), (d) or (e)”; and b after the word “illness” in both places where it occurs there is inserted “or disability”. Amendment of regulation 19 of the principal Regulations 4 In regulation 19 of the principal Regulations (redemption value of voucher – replacement or repair)– a in paragraph (1)(b) for “£42.00” there is substituted “£42.80”; b in paragraph (3)(a) for “£10.80” there is substituted “£11.00”; and c in paragraph (3)(b) for “£47.30” there is substituted “£48.20”. 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) in column 3 (face value of voucher) for each amount specified in column 1 of the Table below (old amount) there is substituted the amount specified in relation to it in column 2 of that Table (new amount). Column 1 Column 2 Old amount New amount £28.70 £29.30 £43.60 £44.50 £59.40 £60.60 £134.20 £136.90 £49.50 £50.50 £63.00 £64.30 £75.80 £77.30 £147.50 (in both places where it appears) £150.50 £42.00 £42.80 2 For Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations (voucher values – repair) there is substituted the Schedule 2 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. 3 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 “£6.00” there is substituted “£6.10”; b in paragraph 1(1)(b) (other lens with prism) for “£6.90” there is substituted “£7.00”; c in paragraph 1(1)(c) (single vision tinted lens) for “£3.00” there is substituted “£3.10”; d in paragraph 1(1)(d) (other tinted lens) for “£3.50” there is substituted “£3.60”; e in paragraph 1(1)(e) (small glasses)– i in sub-head (i) for “£47.30” there is substituted “£48.20”; ii in sub-head (ii) for “£42.00” there is substituted “£42.80”; and iii in sub-head (iii) for “£22.70” there is substituted “£23.20”; f in paragraph 1(1)(g) (specially manufactured frame) for “£47.30” there is substituted “£48.20”; for “£42.00” there is substituted “£42.80”; and for “£22.70” there is substituted “£23.20”; g in paragraph 2(a) (minimum complex appliance payment – single vision lenses) for “£10.00” there is substituted “£10.20”; and h in paragraph 2(b) (minimum complex appliance payment – other lenses) for “£25.40” there is substituted “£25.90”. Application of these Regulations 6 The amendments made by regulations 4 and 5 of, and the Schedule to these Regulations, apply only in relation to a voucher accepted or used pursuant to regulation 12 or regulation 17 of the principal Regulations on or after 1st April 2000. SUSAN C DEACON A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 7th March 2000