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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-registration-appeals-rules-order-of-council-2005/schedule/paragraph-38",
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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/38",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Voting",
  "text": "(1) Decisions of the Registration Appeals Committee shall be taken by a simple majority.\n(2) No Chairman of the Committee may exercise a casting vote.\n(3) No member of the Committee may abstain from voting.\n(4) Where the votes are equal the Committee shall decide the issue under consideration against the appellant or the applicant.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1477/schedule/paragraph/38",
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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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