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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/3113",
  "legislation_title": "The General Optical Council (Committee Constitution) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2008",
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  "text": "Health Care And Associated Professions\nOpticians\nMade 1st December 2008\nLaid before Parliament 11th December 2008\nComing into force 5th January 2009\nAt the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 1st day of December 2008\nBy the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council\nThe General Optical Council has made the General Optical Council (Committee Constitution) (Amendment) Rules 2008, as set out in the Schedule to this Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(2), 3(2), 4(3), 5(2), 5A(3), 5B(2), 5C(3), 5D(5) and 31A of, and paragraph 12A of Schedule 1 to, the Opticians Act 1989.\nBefore making the Rules, in accordance with section 3(3) of that Act, the General Optical Council consulted with such organisations representing the interests of substantial numbers of business registrants as it considered appropriate.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c.44; section 2(2) was amended by, sections 3 to 5 were substituted by, and sections 5A, 5B, 5C, 5D and 31A of, and paragraph 12A of Schedule 1 to, the Act were inserted by S.I. 2005/848."
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