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  "legislation_title": "The General Optical Council (Committee Constitution Rules) Order of Council 2005",
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  "number": "2",
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  "text": "(1) In these Rules—\n“appropriate person” means a natural person of good character who is a fit and proper person to act as a member of the Hearings Panel;\n“Companies Committee” means the committee referred to in section 3(1) (the Companies Committee);\n“the Council” means the General Optical Council;\n“Education Committee” means the committee referred to in section 2(1) (the Education Committee);\n“Fitness to Practise Committee” means the committee referred to in section 5C(1) (the Fitness to Practise Committee);\n“Hearings Panel” means the panel of persons appointed by the Council under section 5D (the Hearings Panel);\n“Investigation Committee” means the committee referred to in section 4(1) (the Investigation Committee);\n“lay person” means a natural person who is neither a registrant nor an employee of a registrant;\n“Registration Appeals Committee” means the committee referred to in section 5A(1) (the Registration Appeals Committee);\n“Registration Committee” means the committee referred to in section 5(1) (the Registration Committee); and\n“Standards Committee” means the committee referred to in section 5B(1) (the Standards Committee).\n(2) In these Rules—\n(a) any reference to a numbered section is a reference to the section of the Opticians Act 1989 which bears that number; and\n(b) any reference to the Schedule is a reference to Schedule 1 to that Act (constitution etc of the Council).",
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