{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/opticians-act-1989/section-23H",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/opticians-act-1989/section-23H.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/44",
  "legislation_title": "Opticians Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/opticians-act-1989",
  "path": "section/23H",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23H",
  "heading": "Date decision takes effect",
  "text": "Where—\n(a) no appeal is brought against an appealable decision; or\n(b) such an appeal is brought but withdrawn or struck out for want of prosecution,\nthe appealable decision shall take effect on the expiration of the time for appealing or, as the case may be, on the withdrawal or striking out of the appeal.\n(2) Where an appeal is brought against an appealable decision and the relevant court dismisses the appeal, the appealable decision shall take effect on the date the appeal is dismissed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 3A inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3)-(6) of the amending S.I.) by The Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/848), art. 17(2) (with Sch. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/44/section/23H",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:44:45.355543+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."
}