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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/osteopaths-act-1993-commencement-no-2-order-1998/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/872",
  "legislation_title": "The Osteopaths Act 1993 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/osteopaths-act-1993-commencement-no-2-order-1998",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 1st April 1998 certain provisions of the Osteopaths Act 1993 for the purposes of—\nestablishing the Statutory Committees of the General Osteopathic Council (“the GOsC”) (section 1(5), (6), (7), (8) and (9) and certain provisions in the Schedule); and\nenabling the GOsC to make rules and to charge fees relating to registration and enabling the Registrar to receive applications for registration and to consider them (sections 3, 4, 6(2), (3)(b) to (l) and (4)(a)).\nThe provisions set out above relating to the Statutory Committees are commenced fully in relation to the Education Committee. In relation to the other Statutory Committees (the Investigating Committee, the Professional Conduct Committee and the Health Committee), they are commenced to the extent necessary to permit those Committees to be established and to carry out work preparatory to the exercise of their functions but not further.\nThe Order also brings into force the following provisions of the Act—\nSection 11, under which the Education Committee has the general duty of promoting high standards of education and training in osteopathy and of advising the GOsC on such matters;\nSection 13, under which the GOsC is obliged to determine from time to time the standard of proficiency required for the competent and safe practice of osteopathy;\nSection 19, under which the GOsC is obliged to prepare and publish a Code of Practice;\nSection 37, under which the GOsC may make rules relating to professional indemnity insurance;\nSection 39, which deals with exemption from provisions relating to the rehabilitation of offenders; and\nSection 41 in respect of certain definitions.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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