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  "legislation": "uksi/2019/1189",
  "legislation_title": "The General Optical Council (Committee Constitution) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2019",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health Care And Associated Professions\nOpticians\nAt the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 6th day of August 2019. By the Lords of her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy CouncilMade 6th August 2019\nComing into force 1st September 2019\nThe General Optical Council has made the General Optical Council (Committee Constitution) (Amendment) Rules 2019, which are set out in the Schedule to this Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5D(5)(a) of the Opticians Act 1989.\nBy virtue of section 34(1) of the Opticians Act 1989, such Rules shall not come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c.44. Section 5D was inserted by S.I. 2005/848."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 34(1) was amended by S.I.2008/1774."
    }
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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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