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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-opticians-act-1989-amendment-order-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2005/0110722671",
  "legislation_title": "The Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-opticians-act-1989-amendment-order-2005",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 36 (interpretation)—\n(a) omit the definitions of “disciplinary case”, “disciplinary order”, “enrolled”, “erasure order”, “list”, “penalty order”, “registered dispensing optician”, “registered ophthalmic optician”, “registered optician”, “responsible officer” and “suspension order”;\n(b) for the definition of “approved training institution” and “approved qualification” substitute—\n““approved training establishment” means an establishment approved by the Council under section 12(7)(a) above;\n“approved qualification” means any qualification approved by the Council under section 12(7)(b) above;”;\n(c) for the definition of “body corporate” substitute—\n““body corporate” includes a limited liability partnership and, in Scotland, a partnership; and in relation to such partnerships, a reference to a director or other officer of a body corporate is a reference to a member;”;\n(d) after the definition of “body corporate” insert—\n““business registrant” means a body corporate registered in the register maintained by the Council under section 9 above;”;\n(e) before the definition of “functions” insert—\n““electronic communication” has the same meaning as in the Electronic Communications Act 2000;\n“financial penalty order” means an order under Part 2A above that a registrant shall pay to the Council a sum specified in the order;”;\n(f) after the definition of “health service ophthalmic lists”, insert—\n““Hearings Panel” means the panel of persons appointed under section 5D(1) above;\n“individual registrant” means any person whose name is in a register maintained by the Council under section 7 or 8A above;”;\n(g) in the definition of “ophthalmic optician”, for the words ““ophthalmic optician” means” substitute ““optometrist” means”;\n(h) for the definition of “register” substitute—\n““register” means, unless the context otherwise requires, any one of the following registers—\n(a) the register of optometrists maintained under section 7 above;\n(b) the register of dispensing opticians maintained under section 7 above;\n(c) the registers of students maintained under section 8A above;\n(d) the register of bodies corporate under section 9 above,\nand, except where used in relation to medical practitioners, “registered” and “registration” have corresponding meanings;” and\n(i) after the definition of “register” insert—\n““registrant”, except in the expressions “individual registrant”, “business registrant” and “student registrant”, means a person whose name is in the appropriate register;\n“student registrant” means a person whose name is in one of the registers maintained by the Council under section 8A above;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 7."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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