{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-registration-rules-order-of-council-2005/schedule/paragraph-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-registration-rules-order-of-council-2005/schedule/paragraph-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1478",
  "legislation_title": "The General Optical Council (Registration Rules) Order of Council 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-registration-rules-order-of-council-2005",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Entry and restoration of an entry relating to a specialty in a register",
  "text": "On receipt of an application under rule 4 for the entry in a register of particulars of a specialty or the restoration of an entry relating to a specialty the registrar shall make the entry if satisfied that—\n(a) the applicant—\n(i) holds a qualification approved by the Council under section 12(7)(b) ,\n(ii) in the case of a contact lens specialty, is a dispensing optician who has been certified under rule 5 of the Contact Lens (Qualifications Etc.) Rules 1988, or\n(iii) holds a qualification granted outside the United Kingdom which attests to an equivalent content and standard of education and training to a qualification in the specialty approved by the Council under section 12(7)(b);\n(aa) in the case of the independent prescribing specialty, the applicant has had adequate practical experience relating to the work or activities listed in column 3 of the Table in rule 10 in relation to that specialty;\n(b) the application is in accordance with rules 4 and 9;\n(c) any requirements imposed upon him by rules made under section 11A (requirement for continuing education and training) have been met; and\n(d) any application fee has been paid.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. rule 13(1)(aa) inserted (coming into force in accordance with Sch. rule 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The General Optical Council (Therapeutics and Contact Lens Specialties) Rules Order of Council 2008 (S.I. 2008/1940), Sch. rule 2(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. rule 13(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 20(d) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 5 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 13); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Section 12(11) applies section 12(7)(b) to specialties."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1478/schedule/paragraph/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:58:11.715403+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}