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The General Optical Council (Committee Constitution Rules) Order of Council 2005

Opticians

Hearings

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2012-08-03

HEALTH CARE AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS

OPTICIANS

These Rules set out the constitutional framework for the Committees of the General Optical Council under the Opticians Act 1989.

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SCHEDULETHE GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL (COMMITTEE CONSTITUTION) RULES 2005

The General Optical Council, in exercise of their powers under...

PART 1CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION

1Citation and commencement

2Interpretation

PART 2COMMITTEES CONSTITUTION

3The Education Committee

4The quorum of the Education Committee shall be five and...

5Companies Committee

6Four members of the Companies Committee shall be selected from...

7Seven members of the Companies Committee shall be selected from...

8The quorum of the Companies Committee shall be four and...

9The Investigation Committee

10The quorum of the Investigation Committee shall be five and...

11The Registration Committee

12The quorum of the Registration Committee shall be five and...

13Registration Appeals Committee

14When considering any matter relating to an optometrist or a...

15When considering any matter relating to a dispensing optician or...

16When considering any matter relating to a body corporate, the...

17The quorum of the Registration Appeals Committee shall be—

18The Chairman of the Registration Appeals Committee at any of...

19The Standards Committee

20The quorum of the Standards Committee shall be five, and...

21Fitness to Practise Committee

22When considering any matter relating to the fitness to practise...

23When considering any matter relating to the fitness to practise...

24When considering any matter relating to the fitness of a...

25The quorum of the Fitness to Practise Committee shall be—...

26The Chairman of the Fitness to Practise Committee at any...

27Hearings Panel

28The Council shall— (a) appoint to the Hearings Panel appropriate...

29(1) Prior to each meeting of the Registration Appeals Committee...

PART 3MISCELLANEOUS

30Term of appointment etc.

31Casual vacancies

32Chairmen

33Validity of proceedings

PART 4REVOCATIONS

34The following rules are hereby revoked: (a) The Investigating Committee...

2005 No. 1474

HEALTH CARE AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS

OPTICIANS

The General Optical Council (Committee Constitution Rules) Order of Council 2005

Made27th May 2005

Laid before Parliament8th June 2005

Coming into force30th June 2005

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 27th day of May 2005

By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council

Whereas, in exercise of their powers under sections 2(2), 3(2), 4(3), 5(2), 5A(3), 5B(2), 5C(3) and 5D(5) of, and paragraph 12A of Schedule 1 to, the Opticians Act 19891 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, the General Optical Council have made the General Optical Council (Committee Constitution) Rules 2005 as set out in the Schedule to this Order:

And whereas by section 34(1) of that Act, such Rules shall not come into force until approved by Order of the Privy Council:

Now, therefore, Their Lordships, having taken these Rules into consideration, are pleased to, and do hereby approve them.