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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-continuing-professional-development-rules-order-of-council-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2021/1234",
  "legislation_title": "The General Optical Council (Continuing Professional Development) Rules Order of Council 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-continuing-professional-development-rules-order-of-council-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Health Care And Associated Professions\nOpticians\nMade 3rd November 2021\nComing into force 1st January 2022\nAt the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 3rd day of November 2021\nBy the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council\nThe General Optical Council have made the General Optical Council (Continuing Professional Development) Rules 2021 as set out in the Schedule to this Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 11A, 11B(6) and 31A of the Opticians Act 1989 (“the 1989 Act”).\nIn accordance with section 34(1) of the 1989 Act, the 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 and 31A were inserted by S.I. 2005/848."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1234/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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