{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/opticians-act-1989-transitional-provisions-order-2005/article-13",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1472",
  "legislation_title": "The Opticians Act 1989 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/opticians-act-1989-transitional-provisions-order-2005",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Section 29 of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002",
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding the amendment made by paragraph 13 of Schedule 1 to the Opticians Order (the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002), the Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals shall be entitled to refer to court a disciplinary order made by—\n(a) the Disciplinary Committee under the old section 17 of the Act, whether that order is made before the relevant date, or on or after the relevant date in accordance with Schedule 2 to the Opticians Order or this Order; or\n(b) the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Council pursuant to article 10(4),\nin accordance with section 29 of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1472/article/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:58:16.489620+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."
}