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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/259",
  "legislation_title": "General Optical Council (Disciplinary Committee (Constitution) Amendment Rules) Order of Council 2004",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "OPTICIANS\nMade 3rd February 2004\nLaid before Parliament 16th February 2004\nComing into force 8th March 2004\nAt the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 3rd day of February 2004\nBy the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council\nWhereas, in pursuance of section 5(2) of the Opticians Act 1989, the General Optical Council have made the Disciplinary Committee (Constitution) Amendment Rules 2004 as set out in the Schedule to this Order:\nAnd whereas by section 34 of the said Act such rules shall not come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council:\nNow, therefore, Their Lordships, having taken the said rules into consideration, are hereby pleased to approve the same.",
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      "text": "1989 c. 44."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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