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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-registration-appeals-rules-order-of-council-2005/schedule/paragraph-27",
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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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  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Specialist Advisers",
  "text": "Where a specialist adviser has been appointed in relation to a matter to be considered at a hearing before the Registration Appeals Committee, the adviser shall—\n(a) be present at the hearing;\n(b) advise the Committee on matters relating to the specialty for which he has been appointed; and\n(c) ensure that–\n(i) advice given to the Committee under paragraph (b) is tendered by the specialist 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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  "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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