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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-osteopathic-council-professional-conduct-committee-procedure-rules-order-of-council-2000/schedule/rule-33",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-osteopathic-council-professional-conduct-committee-procedure-rules-order-of-council-2000/schedule/rule-33.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/241",
  "legislation_title": "The General Osteopathic Council (Professional Conduct Committee) (Procedure) Rules Order of Council 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-osteopathic-council-professional-conduct-committee-procedure-rules-order-of-council-2000",
  "path": "schedule/rule/33",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Plea in mitigation",
  "text": "(1) Where the Committee has found the complaint proved, either in whole or in part, the Chairman shall invite the Solicitor to address the Committee as to any additional circumstances leading up to the unacceptable professional conduct or professional incompetence and as to the character and previous history of the osteopath.\n(2) He shall then invite the osteopath or his representative to address the Committee by way of mitigation and the osteopath may adduce oral or documentary evidence to support mitigation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/241/schedule/rule/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:42.477371+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."
}