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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-chiropractic-council-health-committee-rules-order-of-council-2000/schedule/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/3291",
  "legislation_title": "The General Chiropractic Council (Health Committee) Rules Order of Council 2000",
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  "path": "schedule/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Rules—\n“the Act” means the Chiropractors Act 1994;\n“allegation” means an allegation falling within section 20(1) of the Act;\n“the Committee” means the Health Committee;\n“the Council” means the General Chiropractic Council;\n“the legal assessor” means a legal assessor appointed under section 27 of the Act and nominated by the Registrar under Rule 6(4);\n“the medical assessors” means any medical assessors appointed under section 28 of the Act and nominated by the Registrar under Rule 6(4);\n“party” means the respondent or the Solicitor, and references to “the parties” shall be construed accordingly;\n“the respondent” means the chiropractor to whom an allegation under consideration by the Committee relates; and\n“the Solicitor” means a solicitor appointed by the Registrar for the purposes of presenting the case for the allegation to a hearing held by the Committee.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted for Sch. rule 2",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/1630",
      "affecting_title": "The General Chiropractic Council (Professional Conduct Committee and Health Committee) Amendment Rules Order of Council 2006"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/2011/2085",
      "affecting_title": "The Postal Services Act 2011 (Consequential Modifications and Amendments) Order 2011"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3291/schedule/paragraph/2",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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