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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-membership-order-of-council-2001/schedule/paragraph-16",
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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/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) On a poll to elect a person or persons to represent registered ophthalmic opticians every registered ophthalmic optician whose registered address is in the United Kingdom shall be entitled to vote for as many candidates as there are vacancies to be filled.\n(2) On a poll to elect a person or persons to represent registered dispensing opticians every registered dispensing optician whose registered address is in the United Kingdom shall be entitled to vote for as many candidates as there are vacancies to be filled.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word substituted for words",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/848",
      "affecting_title": "The Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Order 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted for words",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/848",
      "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/16",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}