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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-contact-lens-qualifications-etc-rules-order-of-council-1988/schedule/paragraph-2",
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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/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Rules, unless otherwise specifically provided, any reference to a numbered Rule shall be to the Rule so numbered in these Rules.\n(2) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires:—\n“the Act” means the Opticians Act 1958;\n“approved qualification” means a qualification specified in Appendix A to these Rules;\n“certification” has the meaning assigned to it by Rule 5(1);\n“the Council” means the General Optical Council established under the Act;\n“fitting” means the supply and fitting of contact lenses and also the subsequent provision of clinical management and adjustment of the fitting of such lenses for a period of six months from their first supply to the person fitted; and\n“fit” and\n“fitted” shall be construed accordingly;\n“provisional certification” has the meaning assigned to it by Rule 6(1);\n“the Registrar” means the Registrar of the Council.",
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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"
    },
    {
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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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  "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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