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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-continuing-education-and-training-rules-amendment-order-of-council-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2882",
  "legislation_title": "The General Optical Council (Continuing Education and Training Rules) (Amendment) Order of Council 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-continuing-education-and-training-rules-amendment-order-of-council-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health Care And Associated Professions\nOpticians\nMade 11th November 2012\nLaid before Parliament 19th November 2012\nComing into force 1st January 2013\nAt the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 11th day of November 2012\nBy the Lords of Her Majesty’s Honourable Privy Council\nWhereas, in the exercise of their powers under sections 11A, 11B(6), 23(A)(2) and 31A of the Opticians Act 1989 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, the General Optical Council have made the General Optical Council (Continuing Education and Training) (Amendment) Rules 2012 as set out in the Schedule to this Order.\nAnd whereas, by section 34(1) of that Act, such Rules shall not come into force until approved by Order of the Privy Council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c.44. Sections 11A, 11B, 23A(2) and 31A were inserted by S.I. 2005/848."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2882/introduction",
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  "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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