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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-membership-order-of-council-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3117",
  "legislation_title": "The General Optical Council (Membership) Order of Council 1998",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "OPTICIANS\nMade 11th December 1998\nLaid before Parliament 11th December 1998\nComing into force:\nThe whole Order except article 3 1st January 1999\nArticle 3 1st January 2002\nAt the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 11th day of December 1998\nBy the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council\nHaving 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, and of all other powers enabling Them in that behalf, are pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:–",
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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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