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OPTICIANS

Made 11th December 1998

Laid before Parliament 11th December 1998

Coming into force:

The whole Order except article 3 1st January 1999

Article 3 1st January 2002

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 11th day of December 1998

By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council

Having consulted the General Optical Council and bodies representing the optical professions, Their Lordships, in exercise of the powers conferred on Them by paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to the Opticians Act 1989^f1, and of all other powers enabling Them in that behalf, are pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:–