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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-contact-lens-qualifications-etc-rules-order-of-council-1988/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1305",
  "legislation_title": "The General Optical Council (Contact Lens (Qualifications etc.) Rules) Order of Council 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-contact-lens-qualifications-etc-rules-order-of-council-1988",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThe Rules approved by this Order prescribe the qualifications required and certification procedures necessary to permit the fitting of contact lenses by registered opticians. The Rules also provide for a period of patient after-care lasting six months from the date when contact lenses were first fitted and make consequential amendments to the Rules on the Fitting of Contact Lenses 1985 (scheduled to S.I 1985/856).",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1305/note",
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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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