Regulation 40 Additional grounds for refusal

in the case of an ophthalmic medical practitioner, regulation 27(1) applies to that ophthalmic practitioner; or

in the case of an optometrist, the ophthalmic practitioner's registration in the register is subject to conditions by virtue of a direction of the Fitness to Practise Committee under section 13F (powers of the fitness to practise committee), 13I (power to order immediate suspension etc. after a finding of impairment of fitness to practise) or 13L (interim orders) of the Opticians Act 1989 M1 or the ophthalmic practitioner is the subject of an order imposed by the Fitness to Practise Committee under section 13H (financial penalty order) of that Act M2.