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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-membership-order-of-council-2001/schedule/paragraph-10",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3057",
  "legislation_title": "The General Optical Council (Membership) Order of Council 2001",
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  "path": "schedule/paragraph/10",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Returning Officer shall invite each candidate for nomination to supply by the nomination date—\n(a) particulars of his qualifications and career and an election address in a statement of not more than 150 words in all; and\n(b) a passport-size photograph of himself, preferably monochrome.\n(2) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph such a statement and such a photograph shall be printed at the cost of the Council and sent along with the voting papers issued under paragraph 18 of this Scheme to all registered opticians eligible to vote for the candidate.\n(3) Nothing in this paragraph shall require the Returning Officer to issue a statement of a length greater than specified in this paragraph or to issue anything which in his opinion is or may be libellous or scandalous or untrue on matters of fact.\n(4) Every candidate who supplies such a statement shall be deemed to have agreed—\n(a) that the decision of the Returning Officer not to issue the same or any part thereof shall be final; and\n(b) to indemnify the Returning Officer and the Council against any liability to any third party which he or they may incur by reason of issuing the same.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "word substituted for words",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/848",
      "affecting_title": "The Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Order 2005"
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      "affecting_title": "The Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Order 2005"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3057/schedule/paragraph/10",
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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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