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3. In regulation 3 of the principal Regulations (constitution of service committees)–
(a)in paragraph (2)(d)–
(i)for the words “ten” and “four”, there shall be substituted the words “seven” and “three” respectively,
(ii)the words “and two shall be dispensing opticians appointed by the Local Optical Committee” shall be omitted,
(iii)in the proviso, the words after “an ophthalmic optician” shall be omitted;
(b)for sub-paragraph (f) of paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph:–
“(f)To act as deputies for the members (other than the Chairman) of any service committee, there shall be–
(i)in the case of lay members, a number of persons correspond ing to that of the lay members, and
(ii)in the case of the other members, a number of persons no fewer than that of those other members,
appointed in each case in the like manner as those members for whom they are to act as deputies, and in the absence of any member a deputy so appointed shall be entitled to act in his place.”;
(c)in paragraph (4)–
(i)the words “or deputy chairman” shall be omitted in both instances where they occur,
(ii)at the end, there shall be added the following words:–
“, but nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a member of a service committee who is appointed as its deputy chairman from exercising his right to attend and take part in the proceedings of the service committee on any occasion when he is not acting as its chairman”;
(d)in paragraph (5), for the proviso, there shall be substituted the following proviso:–
“Provided that no such term of office shall exceed one year in duration unless the office holder is re-appointed.”;
(e)in paragraph (6), after the words “members of the service committee” there shall be inserted the words “who are not doctors, dentists, ophthalmic opticians, dispensing opticians or registered pharmaceutical chemists, and who are”.
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