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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides that certain alterations shall be made in the membership of the General Optical Council and makes consequential amendments to Schedule 1 to the Opticians Act 1989. These alterations and amendments are made in two stages, one on 1st January 1999, and the other on 1st January 2002.

The amendments to Schedule 1 include amendments to reflect changes in the names of certain bodies and to allow a member of the Council to be nominated by the Association of British Dispensing Opticians after consulting training institutions engaged in the education or examination of persons training as dispensing opticians.