# The General Optical Council (Registration Rules) Order of Council 2005, Paragraph 5: Information required from individual applicants for registration or restoration of registration


(1) An application under rule 3 for registration or restoration of registration as an individual registrant shall include—
(a) the applicant's full name;
(b) his former names, if any;
(c) his date of birth;
(d) ... a declaration as to whether he—
(i) has any convictions (including a conviction by court martial) or cautions in the British Islands for a criminal offence, or a conviction elsewhere for an offence which, if committed in England or Wales, would constitute a criminal offence,
(ii) has accepted a conditional offer under section 302 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (fixed penalty: conditional offer by procurator fiscal) or agreed to pay a penalty under section 115A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (penalty as alternative to prosecution),
(iii) in proceedings in Scotland for an offence, has been the subject of an order under section 246(2) or (3) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 discharging him absolutely,
(iv) was the subject of any determination by a body in the United Kingdom responsible under any enactment for the regulation of a health or social care profession to the effect that his fitness to practise as a member of that profession is impaired, or a determination by a regulatory body outside the United Kingdom to the same effect, or
(v) is currently the subject of any investigation or proceedings which might lead to any of the results set out in paragraphs (i) to (iv);
(e) in any case falling within sub-paragraph (d), details of any investigations (including approximate dates), the place where any relevant proceedings are being or were brought and, where possible, the outcome;
(f) ... details of any adverse physical or mental health which a reasonable person would think may impair his fitness to practise; and
(g) a photograph which is signed and dated by—
(i) a registered optometrist or registered dispensing optician,
(ii) a registered medical practitioner,
(iii) a solicitor or barrister,
(iv) a justice of the peace,
(v) an accountant,
(vi) a principal of an educational institution which granted the applicant a qualification or a person authorised by the principal of that institution, or
(vii) another individual of similar standing in the community,
who has known the applicant for at least two years and who certifies that the photograph is a true likeness of the applicant.
(2) The registrar may seek information additional to that provided with the application—
(a) for the purposes of verifying information provided; or
(b) as he may otherwise require for the purposes of determining the application.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1478/schedule/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-registration-rules-order-of-council-2005/schedule/paragraph-5
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