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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/opticians-act-1989/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/opticians-act-1989/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/44",
  "legislation_title": "Opticians Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/opticians-act-1989",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "The Companies Committee",
  "text": "(1) There shall continue to be a committee of the Council known as the Companies Committee for the purpose of giving advice and assistance to the Council (whether or not in response to a reference from them) on matters relating to business registrants, other than matters required by this Act to be considered by the Investigation Committee, the Registration Appeals Committee or the Fitness to Practise Committee.\n(2) The Companies Committee shall continue to be constituted as provided by rules made under this subsection by the Council.\n(3) Before making rules under subsection (2) above, the Council shall consult organisations appearing to the Council to represent the interests of substantial numbers of business registrants.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 3-5C substituted for ss. 3-5 (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. 4(2) (with Sch. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2008/14",
      "affecting_title": "Health and Social Care Act 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/44/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:44:45.355543+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}