# The General Optical Council (Constitution) Order 2009, Article 9: Transitional arrangements in respect of the first chair of the new Council as constituted on 1st April 2009

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Notwithstanding article 8(1) to (3), the person who was chairman of the Council on 31st March 2009 shall, if reappointed to serve as a member of the Council from 1st April 2009, be appointed by the Privy Council to serve as the chair of the Council as constituted on 1st April 2009 for a term of four years.
(2) As regards any person so appointed, notwithstanding article 3(3), for the purposes of the computation of years under article 3(2), service as a member of the Council before 1st April 2009 is to be discounted, unless before 1st April 2009 that person has served on the Council for more than six months.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/442/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-constitution-order-2009/article-9
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