{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-continuing-education-and-training-amendment-no-2-rules-order-of-council-2006/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2901",
  "legislation_title": "The General Optical Council (Continuing Education and Training) (Amendment No 2) Rules Order of Council 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-continuing-education-and-training-amendment-no-2-rules-order-of-council-2006",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order approves Rules made by the General Optical Council, which amend those approved by the General Optical Council (Continuing Education and Training)(Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2005 (“the principal Rules”).\nThe amendments change the period of calculation for the required continuing education and training points from one year to three years, increase the fee to be paid by those persons wishing to provide continuing education and training courses to £45 from £35 and set out the requirements imposed upon an applicant for the restoration of his name to a register or for the restoration of an entry relating to a specialty. They also clarify rule 13 of the principal Rules.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2901/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:16:53.347265+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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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