SCHEDULETHE GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL (FITNESS TO PRACTISE) RULES 2005
PART 7PROCEDURE AND ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS
Procedural and substantive hearings25
1
Where an allegation has been referred to the Fitness to Practise Committee—
a
there shall be one or more procedural hearings; and
b
there shall be a substantive hearing.
2
Paragraph (1) shall not apply in any case where the Investigation Committee have given a direction under rule 16(2).