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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-social-care-safety-and-quality-act-2015/schedule/paragraph-3",
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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",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Osteopaths Act 1993 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 1 (the General Osteopathic Council and its committees), after subsection (3) insert—\n“(3A) The over-arching objective of the General Council in exercising its functions is the protection of the public.\n(3B) The pursuit by the General Council of its 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 profession of osteopathy; and\n(c) to promote and maintain proper professional standards and conduct for members of that profession.”\n(3) In the Schedule, in Part 2 (statutory committees of the General Osteopathic Council)—\n(a) after paragraph 34A insert—\n“34B In exercising a function under section 8 or 22, the Professional Conduct Committee (or any panel by which the function is exercisable as mentioned in paragraph 34A) must have regard to the over-arching objective of the General Council under section 1(3A) (read with section 1(3B)).”;\n(b) after paragraph 38A insert—\n“38B In exercising a function under section 23, the Health Committee (or any panel by which the function is exercisable as mentioned in paragraph 38A) must have regard to the over-arching objective of the General Council under section 1(3A) (read with section 1(3B)).”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 3 in force at 26.9.2016 by S.I. 2016/906, reg. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
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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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