# The General Optical Council (Committee Constitution) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2008, Introduction: Introductory text


Health Care And Associated Professions
Opticians
Made 1st December 2008
Laid before Parliament 11th December 2008
Coming into force 5th January 2009
At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 1st day of December 2008
By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council
The 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.
Before 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3113/introduction (the official version)
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