Opticians Act 1989

1989 c. 44 · Enacted 16 November 1989 · Extends to United Kingdom

Contents

1. Part I: The General Optical Council
2. The Council
3. 1Constitution and functions of the Council.
4. The Council’s Committees
5. 2The Education Committee.
6. 3The Companies Committee
7. 4The Investigation Committee
8. 5The Registration Committee
9. 5AThe Registration Appeals Committee
10. 5BThe Standards Committee
11. 5CThe Fitness to Practise Committee
12. 5DThe Hearings Panel
13. 6General power to appoint committees.
14. 6APowers of delegation
15. Part II: Registration and Training of Opticians
16. The registers and lists
17. 7Registers of opticians.
18. 8Qualifications for being registered.
19. 8ZASection 8: further provision relating to specified state qualifications
20. 8ARegisters of students
21. 8BVisiting opticians from relevant European States: registers Repealed
22. 8CVisiting optometrists: entitlement to registration Repealed
23. 8DVisiting dispensing opticians: entitlement to registration Repealed
24. 9List of bodies corporate carrying on business as opticians.
25. 10General provisions as to registers and lists.
26. 10AIndemnity arrangements for individual registrants and persons applying for their name to be registered
27. 11Publication of registers and proof of registration
28. Training and Qualifications
29. 11ARequirement for continuing education and training
30. 11BFailure to satisfy requirements imposed under a scheme
31. 12Education and training
32. 13Supervision of training establishments and qualifying assessments .
33. Part 2A: FITNESS TO PRACTISE
34. 13AThe Council’s duty to provide guidance on fitness to practise
35. 13AAInformation to be provided to specified state professionals
36. 13BThe Council’s power to require disclosure of information
37. 13CNotification and disclosure by the Council
38. 13DAllegations
39. 13EProvisions supplementary to section 13D
40. 13FPowers of the Fitness to Practise Committee
41. 13GProvisions supplementary to section 13F
42. 13HFinancial penalty order
43. 13IPower to order immediate suspension etc. after a finding of impairment of fitness to practise
44. 13JRemoval from a register on grounds of fraud or error
45. 13KRestoration of names to a register
46. 13LInterim orders
47. 13MProvisions supplementary to section 13L
48. Part III: Disciplinary Proceedings Repealed
49. 14Disciplinary orders. Repealed
50. 15Suspension orders. Repealed
51. 16Penalty orders. Repealed
52. 17Powers of Disciplinary Committee. Repealed
53. 18Restoration of names erased as result of disciplinary cases etc. Repealed
54. 19Erasure from register and list on grounds of fraud or error. Repealed
55. 20Service of notifications. Repealed
56. 21Procedure of Disciplinary Committee. Repealed
57. 22Assessors to Disciplinary Committee. Repealed
58. 23Appeals in disciplinary and other cases. Repealed
59. Part 3A: PROCEEDINGS AND APPEALS
60. 23AService of notification
61. 23BProcedure of Fitness to Practise Committee and Registration Appeals Committee
62. 23CPowers of the Council to make rules
63. 23DLegal advisers
64. 23EOther advisers
65. 23FRegistration appeals
66. 23GAppeals from the Registration Appeals Committee and the Fitness to Practise Committee
67. 23HDate decision takes effect
68. Part IV: Restrictions On Testing Of Sight, Fitting Of Contact Lenses, Sale And Supply Of Optical Appliances And Use Of Titles And Descriptions
69. 24Testing of sight.
70. 25Fitting of contact lenses.
71. 26Duties to be performed on sight testing.
72. 27Sale and supply of optical appliances.
73. 28Penalty for pretending to be registered etc.
74. 29Provision as to death or bankruptcy of registered optician.
75. 30Offences by bodies corporate.
76. 30ALegal proceedings
77. Part V: Miscellaneous And Supplementary
78. Miscellaneous
79. 31Miscellaneous matters with respect to which rules may be made.
80. 31ARules
81. 32Expenses and accounts of the Council.
82. 32AAnnual reports, statistical reports and strategic plans
83. 33Default powers of Privy Council.
84. 34Subordinate legislation procedure.
85. 35Privy Council quorum and documents.
86. Supplementary
87. 36Interpretation.
88. 37Consequential amendments and repeals.
89. 38Commencement.
90. 39Short title and extent.
91. Schedule 1: Constitution etc. of Council
92. Membership etc.
93. 1AMembership: general
94. 1BMatters for the order of the Privy Council under section 1(4)
95. 1CRegistration of members’ private interests
96. 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
97. 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
98. Paragraph Repealed
99. 3Paragraph 3 Repealed
100. 4Paragraph 4 Repealed
101. 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
102. 6Paragraph 6 Repealed
103. 7Paragraph 7 Repealed
104. 8Paragraph 8 Repealed
105. 9Paragraph 9 Repealed
106. The registrar
107. 10Paragraph 10
108. Powers of Council
109. 11Paragraph 11
110. 11AParagraph 11A
111. 12Paragraph 12
112. 12AParagraph 12A
113. 12BParagraph 12B
114. Power of Privy Council to alter membership of Council etc.
115. 13Paragraph 13 Repealed
116. Schedule 1A: REGISTRATION APPEALS
117. 1Interpretation
118. 2Appealable registration decisions
119. 3Notice of appealable registration decisions
120. 4Appeals from an appealable registration decision
121. 5Extension of time for appealing
122. Schedule 2: Repeals