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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-membership-order-of-council-2001/schedule/paragraph-31",
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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/31",
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  "number": "31",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A person elected under this Scheme shall come into office as a member of the Council immediately after the expiration of the term of office of the members previously elected to represent registered opticians:\nProvided that any person who is the subject of any protest made under paragraph 27 of this Scheme or of any report made under paragraph 28 of this Scheme shall not come into office unless and until such protest or report shall have been considered and disposed of by the Council.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word substituted for words",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/848",
      "affecting_title": "The Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Order 2005"
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      "affecting": "uksi/2005/848",
      "affecting_title": "The Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Order 2005"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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