1. These rules may be cited as the General Osteopathic Council (Professional Indemnity Insurance) Rules 1998, and shall come into force on 9th May 1998.
2.—(1) In these Rules—
“the Act” means the Osteopaths Act 1993;
“osteopath” means a registered osteopath as defined in the Act;
“prescribed risks” means the insurance risks which are prescribed under Rule 4;
“prescribed amounts” means the minimum amounts of insurance cover to be obtained by an osteopath in order to cover the prescribed risks and which are set out in Rule 6.
(2) unless the context otherwise requires, a reference—
(a)in these rules to a numbered rule is a reference to the rule bearing that number in these rules; and
(b)in a rule to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph bearing that number in that rule.