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The General Optical Council (Membership) Order of Council 2001

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. This Order may be cited as the General Optical Council...

  3. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      THE GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL ELECTION SCHEME, 2001

      1. Part I— Citation, Commencement and Interpretation

        1. 1.This Scheme may be cited as the General Optical Council...

        2. 2.In this Scheme the following expressions shall have the following...

        3. 3.A document is published for the purposes of this Scheme,...

        4. 4.The requirements in paragraphs 8, 9, 13, 19, 25 and...

        5. 5.(1) Section 36 of the Act shall apply for the...

      2. Part II— Returning Officer

        1. 6.(1) Not less than six months before the date on...

        2. 7.(1) Not less than five months before the date on...

      3. Part III— Nominations

        1. 8.(1) A candidate for election as a person to represent...

        2. 9.(1) A candidate for election as a person to represent...

        3. 10.(1) The Returning Officer shall invite each candidate for nomination...

        4. 11.(1) Except in relation to an election held in pursuance...

        5. 12.(1) A person may be nominated as a candidate for...

        6. 13.A candidate may withdraw his candidature by notice in writing...

      4. Part IV— Elections

        1. 14.If after the expiration of the time allowed under this...

        2. 15.(1) When a poll is to be held the Returning...

        3. 16.(1) On a poll to elect a person or persons...

      5. Part V— Conduct of Polls

        1. 17.(1) Where a poll is to be held the Returning...

        2. 18.(1) The Returning Officer shall at least eight days before...

        3. 19.Votes shall be cast as follows— (a) The voter shall...

        4. 20.(1) Immediately after the polling day the Returning Officer shall...

        5. 21.If in any poll the same number of votes is...

      6. Part VI— Declaration of Election

        1. 22.(1) When the Returning Officer declares the result of an...

        2. 23.If— (i) after the nomination day a candidate dies before...

        3. 24.(1) The expenditure incurred by or on behalf of a...

        4. 25.Not later than the fourteenth day after declaration of the...

        5. 26.As soon as possible the Returning Officer shall publish all...

      7. Part VIII— Validity of Election

        1. 27.The certificate of the Returning Officer published under paragraph 22...

        2. 28.If any candidate declared to have been elected fails to...

        3. 29.(1) Any protest under paragraph 27, or any report by...

        4. 30.Any declaration made by the Council under paragraph 29 of...

        5. 31.A person elected under this Scheme shall come into office...

      8. Part XI— Revocation

        1. 32.The General Optical Council Election Scheme 1965, the General Optical...

    2. APPENDIX A

      THE GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL ELECTION SCHEME 2001

    3. APPENDIX B

      THE GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL ELECTION SCHEME 2001

    4. APPENDIX C

      THE GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL ELECTION SCHEME 2001

    5. APPENDIX D

      THE GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL ELECTION SCHEME 2001

    6. APPENDIX E

      THE GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL ELECTION SCHEME 2001

    7. APPENDIX F

      THE GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL ELECTION SCHEME 2001

    8. APPENDIX G

      THE GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL ELECTION SCHEME 2001

    9. APPENDIX H

      THE GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL ELECTION SCHEME 2001

    10. APPENDIX I

      THE GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL ELECTION SCHEME 2001

    11. APPENDIX J

      THE GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL ELECTION SCHEME 2001

      1. SECTIONS 113, 114, AND 115 OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT 1983 (as amended by s.17 and Schedule 3, paras 1 and 30 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999)

        1. Bribery, treating and undue influence

          1. Section 113: Bribery

            1. 1.A person shall be guilty of a corrupt practice if...

            2. 2.A person shall be guilty of bribery if he, directly...

            3. 3.A person shall be guilty of bribery if he advances...

            4. 4.The foregoing provisions of this section shall not extend or...

            5. 5.A voter shall be guilty of bribery if before or...

            6. 6.A person shall be guilty of bribery if after an...

            7. 7.In this section the expression “voter” includes any person who...

          2. Section 114: Treating

            1. 1.A person shall be guilty of a corrupt practice if...

            2. 2.A person shall be guilty of treating if he corruptly,...

            3. 3.Every elector or proxy for an elector who corruptly accepts...

          3. Section 115: Undue influence

            1. 1.A person shall be guilty of a corrupt practice if...

            2. 2.A person shall be guilty of undue influence—

  4. Explanatory Note

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