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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-opticians-act-1989-amendment-order-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-9",
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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/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "The National Health Service Act 1977",
  "text": "In section 128(1) of the National Health Service Act 1977 (interpretation and construction), for the definition of “ophthalmic optician”, substitute—\n““ophthalmic optician” means a person registered in the register of optometrists maintained under section 7 of the Opticians Act 1989 or a body corporate registered in the register of bodies corporate maintained under section 9 of that Act carrying on business as an optometrist;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 49."
    }
  ],
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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."
}