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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1337",
  "legislation_title": "The General Optical Council (Disciplinary Committee (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules) Order of Council 1998",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "OPTICIANS\nMade 27th May 1998\nAt the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 27th day of May 1998\nBy the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council\nWhereas in pursuance of section 21(4) of the Opticians Act 1989 the General Optical Council have made the General Optical Council (Disciplinary Committee) (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 1998 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, do hereby 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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