Paragraph 9 Effect of certification or provisional certification

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

Certification or provisional certification when granted to an applicant shall be evidence of his qualification to fit contact lenses in accordance with these Rules and shall continue to be valid only so long as he remains a registered optician.