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The General Optical Council (Committee Constitution) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2019

Type Statutory-Instrument

Publication 2019-08-06

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Made: 6th August 2019

Coming into force: 1st September 2019

By virtue of section 34(1) of the Opticians Act 1989[^f00002], such Rules shall not come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council.

Citation and commencement

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This Order may be cited as the General Optical Council (Committee Constitution) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2019 and comes into force on 1st September 2019.

Privy Council approval

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Their Lordships, having taken the Rules set out in the Schedule into consideration, are pleased to, and do approve them.

SCHEDULE — The General Optical Council (Committee Constitution) (Amendment) Rules 2019

The General Optical Council makes the following Rules in exercise of its powers under section 5D(5)(a) of the Opticians Act 1989.

Citation and Commencement

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These Rules may be cited as the General Optical Council (Committee Constitution) (Amendment) Rules 2019 and come into force on 1st September 2019.

Amendment to the General Optical Council (Committee Constitution) Rules 2005

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In the General Optical Council (Committee Constitution) Rules 2005[^f00003], in rule 27 (hearings panel), omit paragraph (a).

Signed

Ceri King — Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Rules contained in the Schedule to this Order amend the General Optical Council (Committee Constitution) Rules 2005 as set out in the Schedule to the General Optical Council (Committee Constitution Rules) Order of Council 2005 (S.I. 2005/1474).

Rule 27 of those Rules is amended to remove the maximum number of members of the Hearings Panel, from which the Registration Appeals Committee and the Fitness to Practise Committee are constituted.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1989 c.44. Section 5D was inserted by S.I. 2005/848.

[^f00002]: Section 34(1) was amended by S.I.2008/1774.

[^f00003]: As set out in the Schedule to S.I. 2005/1474, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Rules.

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