Paragraph 13 The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002

In section 29(1) of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002^f1 (reference of disciplinary cases by Council to court), for paragraph (f) substitute—

“(f)

a direction by the Fitness to Practise Committee of the General Optical Council under section 13F(2) of the Opticians Act 1989 (powers of Fitness to Practise Committee), other than a direction that a registrant’s fitness to practise is impaired solely by virtue of a matter falling within section 13D(2)(f) of that Act;”.