{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/opticians-act-1989/section-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/opticians-act-1989/section-35.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/44",
  "legislation_title": "Opticians Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/opticians-act-1989",
  "path": "section/35",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Privy Council quorum and documents.",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of exercising any powers conferred by this Act on the Privy Council ... the quorum of the Privy Council shall be two.\n(2) Any document purporting to be—\n(a) an instrument of appointment or approval made by the Privy Council under this Act or any other instrument so made; and\n(b) signed by the Clerk of the Privy Council or by any other person authorised by the Privy Council in that behalf,\nshall be evidence of the fact that the instrument was so made and of the terms of the instrument.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 35(1) omitted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3)-(6) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/848), Sch. 1 para. 7 (with Sch. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/44/section/35",
    "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."
  }
}