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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/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Qualifications required for fitting of contact lens by a registered optician",
  "text": "Nothing in Rule 3 shall prevent a registered optician fitting a contact lens if the contact lens is fitted under the supervision of a registered optician who may fit contact lenses by virtue of Rule 3(a) or (b).",
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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"
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    {
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      "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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