SCHEDULEThe General Optical Council (Continuing Education and Training) Rules 2005
PART 4CET POINTS
Calculation of CET points
15.
(1)
This rule applies to calculations made for the purposes of rule 12, 13, 23 or 24 in order to determine the total number of CET points obtained by a registrant in respect of the initial relevant period or any subsequent relevant period.
(2)
No general CET points obtained by a registrant may be taken into account in calculating the number of the registrant’s specialist CET points.
(3)
In the case of a registrant against whose name in a register an entry relating to a specialty is made—
(a)
the specialist CET points he is required to obtain under rule 13 shall be additional to (and not in place of) the general CET points he is required to obtain under rule 12; and
(b)
no specialist CET points he obtains may be taken into account in calculating the number of his general CET points.
(4)
Paragraph (3) shall be subject to rule 16 in respect of the initial relevant period.
(5)
No account may be taken of any CET points which a person obtains in the course of a relevant period in order to make up any shortfall of points in respect of the immediately preceding period.