UNITED KINGDOM STATUTORY INSTRUMENT
1994 No. 2579
OPTICIANS
The General Optical Council (Companies Committee Rules) Order of Council 1994
Made 4th October 1994
At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 4th day of October 1994
By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council
Whereas in pursuance of section 3(2) of the Opticians Act 1989the General Optical Council have made rules entitled “The Companies Committee Rules 1994” as set out in the Schedule to this Order:
And whereas by section 34(1) of the said Act such rules shall not come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council:
Now, therefore, Their Lordships, having taken the said rules into consideration, are hereby pleased to approve the same.
This Order may be cited as the General Optical Council (Companies Committee Rules) Order of Council 1994 and shall come into force on 1st November 1994.
The General Optical Council (Companies Committee Rules) Order of Council 1959and the General Optical Council (Companies Committee Rules) (Amendment) Order of Council 1971, which become spent upon the revocations provided for in rule 10 of the rules scheduled to this Order, are hereby revoked.
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council
SCHEDULE
THE COMPANIES COMMITTEE RULES 1994
The General Optical Council, after consulting in accordance with section 3(3) of the Opticians Act 1989, in exercise of their powers under section 3(2) of the said Act, hereby make the following rules:—
1. Citation
These rules may be cited as the Companies Committee Rules 1994.
2. Interpretation
In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires:
“the Act” means the Opticians Act 1989;
“the Council” means the General Optical Council;
“the Committee” means the Companies Committee established under section 3 of the Act; and
“body corporate”, “ophthalmic optician” and “dispensing optician” have the meanings given them in section 36 of the Act.
Constitution of the CommitteeConstitution of the Committee
3. The Committee shall consist of the persons appointed under Rules 4, 5 and 6.
4. The Council shall appoint as members of the Committee four of their number including:
(a) at least one of the members nominated to the Council by the Privy Council;
(b) at least one member of the Council chosen to represent the interests of registered ophthalmic opticians; and
(c) at least one member of the Council chosen to represent the interests of registered dispensing opticians.
