The Opticians Act 1989 (Amendment) Order 2005

4.  In section 29 (provisions as to death or bankruptcy of registered optician)—

(a) in subsections (1) and (2)—

(i) for the words “registered optician” substitute “registered optometrist or registered dispensing optician”, and

(ii) for the words “an optician” substitute “an optometrist or dispensing optician”;

(b) in subsection (3)—

(i) in paragraphs (a)(i) and (ii), for the word “optician” substitute “optometrist or dispensing optician”, and

(ii) for the words “Disciplinary Committee” substitute “Fitness to Practise Committee”;

(c) in subsection (4), for the words “a disciplinary case and a disciplinary order” substitute “a case in which it is alleged that a registrant’s fitness to practise or as the case may be a business registrant’s fitness to carry on business as an optometrist or a dispensing optician or both, is impaired and the making of an order under Part 2A above”;

(d) in subsection (5)—

(i) in paragraph (a), for the words “registered optician” in both places where they occur substitute “registered optometrist or registered dispensing optician”, and

(ii) in paragraph (b), for the word “optician's” substitute “optometrist’s or registered dispensing optician's”; and

(e) in subsection (6), for the words “registered optician's” substitute “registered optometrist’s or a registered dispensing optician's”.