# The Health Professions (Hearing Aid Dispensers) Order 2009, Article 2: Interpretation


In this Order—
“the 1968 Act” means the Hearing Aid Council Act 1968;
“the 2001 Order” means the Health Professions Order 2001;
“the HAC” means the Hearing Aid Council;
“the HPC” means the Health Professions Council established under article 3 of the 2001 Order;
“the residual period” means the period beginning on 1st April 2010 and ending on the day before the day on which section 123(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 comes into force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111486726/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-professions-hearing-aid-dispensers-order-2009/article-2
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