# The General Optical Council Contact Lens (Specification) Rules Order of Council 1989

S.I. 1989/791 · made 8 May 1989

The Rules approved by this Order require opticians on completing the fitting of a contact lens to supply the recipient with written details of the lens which will enable it to be replicated.

Made under: 1958 c. 32

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-contact-lens-specification-rules-order-of-council-1989/pdf/uksi_19890791_en.pdf

## Introductory text

OPTICIANS
Made 8th May 1989
Laid before Parliament 10th May 1989
Coming into force 1st June 1989
At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 8th day of May 1989
By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council
Whereas in pursuance of section 25(1)(e) of the Opticians Act 1958 the General Optical Council have made the Contact Lens (Specification) Rules 1989 as set out in the Schedule to this Order:
And Whereas by subsection (5) of the said section such Rules shall not come into force until approved by Order of the Privy Council:
Now, therefore, Their Lordships, having taken the said Rules into consideration, are hereby pleased to approve the same.

## Signature

G. I. de Deney
Clerk of the Privy Council

## THE CONTACT LENS (SPECIFICATION) RULES 1989

The General Optical Council in exercise of their powers under section 25(1)(e) of the Opticians Act, 1958, hereby make the following rules:–

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Rules may be cited as the Contact Lens (Specification) Rules 1989, and shall come into force on the 1st day of June 1989.

## 2 Duty to provide specification

An optician who fits a person with a contact lens shall on completing the fitting give to him a written statement of the particulars necessary to enable the lens to be replicated.

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
The Rules approved by this Order require opticians on completing the fitting of a contact lens to supply the recipient with written details of the lens which will enable it to be replicated.

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