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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-disciplinary-committee-constitution-amendment-rules-order-of-council-2004/note",
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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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  "kind": "note",
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  "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 (Disciplinary Committee (Constitution) Rules) Order of Council 1998. The Rules increase the membership of the Disciplinary Committee to 20 from 15, reduce the quorum to 3, make amendments consequential on those changes and provide that one of the members shall be of the profession of the person involved in the disciplinary case.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/259/note",
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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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