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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-registration-appeals-rules-order-of-council-2005/schedule/paragraph-26",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1477",
  "legislation_title": "The General Optical Council (Registration Appeals Rules) Order of Council 2005",
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  "path": "schedule/paragraph/26",
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  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Clinical advisers",
  "text": "Where an appellant’s or an applicant’s physical or mental health is to be considered by the Registration Appeals Committee, the Committee shall be advised by a clinical adviser who shall—\n(a) be present at the hearing at which the appellant’s or the applicant’s physical or mental health is to be considered;\n(b) advise the Committee on the significance of any evidence before them pertaining to the appellant’s or the applicant’s physical or mental health; and\n(c) ensure that–\n(i) advice given to the Committee under paragraph (b) is tendered by the clinical adviser in the presence of the parties attending the hearing, or\n(ii) if the advice is tendered after the Committee have begun to deliberate as to their findings, every such party is informed as to the advice tendered..",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1477/schedule/paragraph/26",
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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."
}