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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-contact-lens-qualifications-etc-rules-order-of-council-1988/schedule/appendix-A",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1305",
  "legislation_title": "The General Optical Council (Contact Lens (Qualifications etc.) Rules) Order of Council 1988",
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  "path": "schedule/appendix/A",
  "kind": "appendix",
  "number": "A",
  "heading": "APPROVED QUALIFICATIONS",
  "text": "Qualification\nShort description appearing in Register\nA Any qualification recognised as entitling the holder to be first registered as an ophthalmic optician after 31st December, 1960.\nB Any of the following additional qualifications:\nThe Fellowship of the British College of Optometrists including the Contact Lens Module\nF.B.C.O.\nThe Diploma in Contact Lens Practice of the British Optical Association\nD.C.L.P.\nThe Contact Lens Certificate of the Scottish Association of Opticians\nD.C.L.P.\nThe Supplementary Contact Lens Certificate of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers\nC.L. Cert. (S.M.C.)\nThe Supplementary Contact Lens Diploma of the British Optical Association\nC.L. Cert. (B.O.A.)\nThe Diploma in Contact Lens Practice of the British College of Optometrists\nD.C.L.P.\nThe Contact Lens Diploma of the Association of Dispensing Opticians:\nFor persons who are Fellows of the Association\nF.A.D.O. (Hons.) C.L.\nFor other persons\nC.L. (A.D.O.)\nThe Contact Lens Diploma of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians:\nFor persons who are Fellows of the Association\nF.B.D.O. (Hons.) C.L.\nFor other persons\nC.L. (A.B.D.O.)\nThe Diploma in Contact Lens Fitting of the Faculty of Dispensing Opticians\nD.C.L.F.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/1476",
      "affecting_title": "The General Optical Council (Injury or Disease of the Eye and Contact Lens (Qualifications)) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2005"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "uksi/2008/1940",
      "affecting_title": "The General Optical Council (Therapeutics and Contact Lens Specialties) Rules Order of Council 2008"
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    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1989/375",
      "affecting_title": "The General Optical Council (Contact Lens (Qualifications etc.) (Amendment) Rules) Order of Council 1989"
    }
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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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