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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-safety-and-quality-act-2015/schedule/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/28",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-safety-and-quality-act-2015",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Opticians Act 1989 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 1 (constitution and functions of the General Optical Council), for subsection (2A) substitute—\n“(2A) The over-arching objective of the Council in exercising their functions is the protection of the public.\n(2B) The pursuit by the Council of their over-arching objective involves the pursuit of the following objectives—\n(a) to protect, promote and maintain the health, safety and well-being of the public;\n(b) to promote and maintain public confidence in the professions regulated under this Act;\n(c) to promote and maintain proper professional standards and conduct for members of those professions; and\n(d) to promote and maintain proper standards and conduct for business registrants.”\n(3) In section 5A (Registration Appeals Committee), at the end insert—\n“(5) In exercising a function under section 13K, the Registration Appeals Committee must have regard to the over-arching objective.”\n(4) In section 5C (Fitness to Practise Committee), at the end insert—\n“(5) In exercising a function under section 13F or 13H, the Fitness to Practise Committee must have regard to the over-arching objective.”\n(5) In section 13D (allegations), after subsection (7) insert—\n“(7A) In deciding whether to give a warning under subsection (7), the Investigation Committee must have regard to the over-arching objective.”\n(6) In section 36 (interpretation), at the end insert—\n“(3) References in this Act to the over-arching objective are to the over-arching objective of the Council under section 1(2A) (read with section 1(2B)).”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 2 in force at 26.9.2016 by S.I. 2016/906, reg. 2(b)"
    }
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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