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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2579",
  "legislation_title": "The General Optical Council (Companies Committee Rules) Order of Council 1994",
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  "path": "schedule/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires:\n“the Act” means the Opticians Act 1989;\n“the Council” means the General Optical Council;\n“the Committee” means the Companies Committee established under section 3 of the Act; and\n“body corporate”, “ophthalmic optician” and “dispensing optician” have the meanings given them in section 36 of the Act.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2579/schedule/paragraph/2",
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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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