# The General Optical Council (Registration Rules) Order of Council 2005, Paragraph 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In these Rules—
“applicant” means the person making an application under rule 3 or 4;
“application fee”, in relation to a particular application—
(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
(b)includes any application fee prescribed by virtue of section 10(1A)(d) ;
“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) ;
“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”—
(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—
(i)only in an emergency,
(ii)in the place of an individual registrant who is ill or on holiday,
(iii)as a fee-earning visiting practitioner, or
(iv)on fewer than twelve days in any year; or
(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) ;
“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) .
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(2) In these Rules any reference to a numbered section is a reference to the section of the Opticians Act 1989 which bears that number.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1478/schedule/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-registration-rules-order-of-council-2005/schedule/paragraph-2
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