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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-committee-constitution-amendment-rules-order-of-council-2008/schedule/paragraph-16",
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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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  "path": "schedule/paragraph/16",
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  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Amendment of rule 29",
  "text": "In rule 29 (which relates to the Hearings Panel), in paragraph (2), for sub-paragraph (b) substitute the following sub-paragraph—\n“(b) ensure that—\n(i) a person who is selected to serve as a member of the Fitness to Practise Committee for an interim order hearing in any case is not selected to serve as a member of the Fitness to Practise Committee at any subsequent procedural hearing or substantive hearing in that case, and\n(ii) a person who served as a member of the Investigation Committee when it considered a case is not selected to serve as a member of the Fitness to Practise Committee on any occasion when it considers that case; and”.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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