Paragraph 18 Amendment of rule 31

In rule 31 (casual vacancies) for paragraph (1) substitute the following paragraph—

“(1)

Where a casual vacancy occurs on a Committee, other than the Registration Appeal Committee or the Fitness to Practise Committee, and that person was appointed by virtue of being a registered optometrist, a registered dispensing optician, a lay person or a registered medical practitioner, the Council shall fill the vacancy by appointing a person of the same type.”