Paragraph 2 Interpretation

In these Rules—

• “applicant” means the person making an application under rule 3 or 4;

• “application fee”, in relation to a particular application—

  1. (a)

     means the fee prescribed by the Council under section 10(1)(c)(i) (general provisions as to registers) in relation to applications of that description; and

  2. (b)

     includes any application fee prescribed by virtue of section 10(1A)(d) M1;

• “the Council” means the General Optical Council;

• “contact lens specialty” means the specialty described in columns 2 and 3 of the entry at line A of the Table in rule 10;

• “Fitness to Practise Committee” means the Fitness to Practise Committee referred to in section 5C(1) (the Fitness to Practise Committee) M2;

• F1“independent prescribing specialty” means the specialty described in columns 2 and 3 of the entry at row D of the Table in rule 10;

• “practice address”—

  1. (a)

     in relation to an individual, means the address of a practice or place of business from which the individual practises (or proposes to practise) the profession of an optometrist or a dispensing optician, other than an address at which he practises that profession—

     1. (i)

        only in an emergency,

     2. (ii)

        in the place of an individual registrant who is ill or on holiday,

     3. (iii)

        as a fee-earning visiting practitioner, or

     4. (iv)

        on fewer than twelve days in any year; or

  2. (b)

     in relation to a body corporate, means the address of any practice or place of business from which the body corporate carries on the business of an optometrist or a dispensing optician, or both;

• “registrar” except in rule 8(2)(d)(ii) means the registrar of the Council referred to in section 1(3) (constitution and functions of the Council);

• “Registration Appeals Committee” means the Registration Appeals Committee referred to in section 5A (the Registration Appeals Committee) M3;

• “regulatory body” means a regulatory body which has the function of authorising persons to practise as members of a health or social care profession;

• “specialty” means a specialty or level of proficiency particulars of which may, by virtue of rule 10, be entered in a register against a registrant's name; and

• “student registrant” means a person registered under section 8A (registers of students) M4.

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In these Rules any reference to a numbered section is a reference to the section of the Opticians Act 1989 which bears that number.