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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-committee-constitution-amendment-rules-order-of-council-2008/schedule/paragraph-5",
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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/5",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment of rule 3",
  "text": "In rule 3 (which relates to the Education Committee)—\n(a) in paragraph (1), for “fourteen” substitute “a minimum of nine and a maximum of eighteen”;\n(b) for paragraph (2) substitute the following paragraph—\n“(2) The members of the Committee shall be appointed so that at least—\n(a) three are registered optometrists;\n(b) two are registered dispensing opticians;\n(c) three are lay persons; and\n(d) one is a registered medical practitioner.”; and\n(c) omit paragraph (3).",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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