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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-contact-lens-qualifications-etc-rules-order-of-council-1988/schedule/paragraph-10",
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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/paragraph/10",
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  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Cancellation of certification or provisional certification",
  "text": "The Council may cancel any certification or provisional certification granted to a registered optician:\n(a) in respect of an application which is subsequently shown to contain false or misleading statements; or\n(b) if an erasure order is made in relation to him; or\n(c) if a suspension order is made in relation to him;\nwithout prejudice to the right of a registered optician to have certification or provisional certification renewed on having his name restored pursuant to section 12 of the Act, or on termination of the suspension period, as the case may be.",
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    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/1940",
      "affecting_title": "The General Optical Council (Therapeutics and Contact Lens Specialties) Rules Order of Council 2008"
    },
    {
      "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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