SCHEDULE
GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL
The General Optical Council (Disciplinary Committee) (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 1998
The General Optical Council, in exercise of their powers under section 21(4) of the Opticians Act 19892, and after consulting such organisations as the Council consider requisite under section 21(6) of that Act, hereby make the following Rules:
1. These Rules may be cited as the General Optical Council (Disciplinary Committee) (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 1998.
2. The General Optical Council Disciplinary Committee (Procedure) Rules 1985 (scheduled to the General Optical Council (Disciplinary Committee) (Procedure) Order of Council 19853) shall be amended as follows:
(1) after Rule 2 there shall be added as Rule 2A the following:
“Questionnaire
2A. Not less than fourteen days before the date of the Inquiry by the Committee as stated in the Notice of Inquiry, any party to the Inquiry shall serve on any other the following information—
(a) their estimate of the likely length of the hearing;
(b) a statement of what, in their view, are the issues in the case;
(c) how many witnesses they are to call;
(d) whether, in their view, there are matters which can be agreed without the need to call evidence (and, if so, which matters those are);
(e) any points of law which they may expect will arise at the hearing.”.
