Paragraph 7 Provisional certifiction

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. rule 15 word substituted by General Optical Council (Injury or Disease of the Eye and Contact Lens (Qualifications)) Rules 2005 Sch. rule 3
Sch. rule 3 words inserted by General Optical Council (Therapeutics and Contact Lens Specialties) Rules 2008 Sch. rule 5
sch. amended by General Optical Council (Contact Lens (Qualifications etc.) (Amendment) Rules) 1989

Provisional certification shall be valid only in respect of the applicant, and shall terminate on whichever shall first occur of the following dates:—

(a)

on certification granted pursuant to a further application made under Rule 5;

(b)

on the holder of a provisional certificate obtaining an approved qualification;

(c)

on the provisional certificate being cancelled for any of the reasons specified in Rule 10; or

(d)

the 31st December, 1990.