Article 9 Directions under the old section 17(9)
Where a direction has been made in respect of a body corporate pursuant to the old section 17(9) (powers of Disciplinary Committee)—
before the relevant date and it is still in force immediately before the relevant date; or
on or after the relevant date pursuant to Schedule 2 to the Opticians Order or this Order,
and that direction is in force immediately before the relevant date, it shall remain in force unless and until, upon the application of that body corporate, the Fitness to Practise Committee revokes that direction under the old section 17(10).
Where it appears to the Council on or after the relevant date that a body corporate has contravened a direction falling within paragraph (1), it shall be a ground upon which a business registrant’s fitness to carry on business as an optometrist or a dispensing optician, or both, is impaired for the purposes of the new section 13D(3) (allegations), and accordingly any such contravention may be dealt with in accordance with the new Part 2A (fitness to practise).