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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-registration-and-enrolment-amendment-rules-order-of-council-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1080",
  "legislation_title": "The General Optical Council (Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules) Order of Council 2003",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "OPTICIANS\nMade 19th March 2003\nAt the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 19th day of March 2003\nBy the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council\nWhereas in pursuance of section 10 of the Opticians Act 1989 the General Optical Council have made the Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules 2003 as set out in the Schedule to this Order:\nAnd whereas by section 34 of the Act such rules shall not come into force until approved by Order of the Privy Council:\nAnd whereas upon rule 2 of these rules coming into force the revocation mentioned therein will render wholly spent the General Optical Council (Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules) Order of Council 2002:\nNow, therefore, Their Lordships, having taken these rules into consideration, are hereby pleased to approve them with effect from 31st March 2003.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 44."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/775."
    }
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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."
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