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Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 1131
OPTICIANS
The General Optical Council (Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules) Order of Council 2001
Made
19th March 2001
At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 19th day of March 2001
By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council
Whereas in pursuance of section 10 of the Opticians Act 1989( 1 ) the General Optical Council have made the Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules 2001 as set out in the Schedule to this Order:
And whereas by section 34 of the Act such rules shall not come into force until approved by Order of the Privy Council:
And whereas upon rule 3 of these rules coming into force the revocation mentioned therein will render wholly spent the General Optical Council (Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules) Order of Council 1999( 2 ):
Now, therefore, Their Lordships, having taken these rules into consideration, are hereby pleased to approve them, and hereby revoke with effect from 1st April 2001 the General Optical Council (Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules) Order of Council 1999.
This Order may be cited as the General Optical Council (Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules) Order of Council 2001.
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council
SCHEDULE GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL
The Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules 2001
In pursuance of their powers under section 10 of the Opticians Act 1989, the General Optical Council hereby make the following rules:—
1. These rules may be cited as the Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules 2001.
2. In the Registration and Enrolment Rules 1976 (which in their original form are scheduled to the General Optical Council (Registration and Enrolment Rules) Order of Council 1977( 3 )) the Appendix shall be amended by replacing the figures £85, £50 and £31, on each occasion where they appear, by the figures £90, £53 and £33 respectively.
3. The Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules 1998( 4 ) (which will be spent on the coming into force of these rules) are hereby revoked.
4. These rules shall come into force on 1st April 2001 and shall apply to applications for registration, enrolment, retention, restoration and transfer to take effect on or after 1st April 2001 whether made before, on or after that date.
Sealed on the 4th day of January 2001
L.S.
R. M. Varley
Member of Council
R. J. Buckley
Member of Council
P. C. Coe
Registrar
S.I. 1999/69 .
S.I. 1977/176 ; relevant amending rules are scheduled to S.I. 1979/1638 , 1980/1936 (now spent), 1981/1821 (now spent), 1983/1 (now spent), 1985/2024 , 1985/1887 (now spent), 1990/270 (now spent), 1991/79 (now spent), 1993/483 (now spent), 1994/729 (now spent), 1996/3021 (now spent), 1998/73 (now spent) and 1999/69 .
Scheduled to the General Optical Council (Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules) Order of Council 1999 (1999/69) .