# General Optical Council (Disciplinary Committee (Constitution) Amendment Rules) Order of Council 2004, Paragraph 2


The Disciplinary Committee (Constitution) Rules 1998 (scheduled to the General Optical Council Disciplinary Committee (Constitution) Rules Order of Council 1998) shall be amended as follows:
(a) in rule 3, for “fifteen” there shall be substituted “twenty”;
(b) in rule 9, for “Three” there shall be substituted “Eight”;
(c) for rule 15, there shall be substituted—
“15. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the quorum of the Committee shall be three and shall include—
(a) a member nominated under sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 1 of the Schedule; and
(b) in a disciplinary case involving—
(i) a registered ophthalmic optician or an enrolled body corporate carrying on business as an ophthalmic optician, a registered ophthalmic optician; or
(ii) a registered dispensing optician or an enrolled body corporate carrying on business as a dispensing optician, a registered dispensing optician.
(2) A member who has not been present throughout the Committee’s deliberations preceding a decision may not take part in the determination and does not count towards the quorum.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/259/schedule/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-disciplinary-committee-constitution-amendment-rules-order-of-council-2004/schedule/paragraph-2
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