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2.—(1) In these Rules—
“appropriate person” means a natural person of good character who is a fit and proper person to act as a member of the Hearings Panel;
“Companies Committee” means the committee referred to in section 3(1) (the Companies Committee);
“the Council” means the General Optical Council;
“Education Committee” means the committee referred to in section 2(1) (the Education Committee)(1);
“Fitness to Practise Committee” means the committee referred to in section 5C(1) (the Fitness to Practise Committee)(2);
“Hearings Panel” means the panel of persons appointed by the Council under section 5D (the Hearings Panel)(3);
“Investigation Committee” means the committee referred to in section 4(1) (the Investigation Committee)(4);
“lay person” means a natural person who is neither a registrant nor an employee of a registrant;
“Registration Appeals Committee” means the committee referred to in section 5A(1) (the Registration Appeals Committee)(5);
“Registration Committee” means the committee referred to in section 5(1) (the Registration Committee)(6); and
“Standards Committee” means the committee referred to in section 5B(1) (the Standards Committee)(7).
(2) In these Rules—
(a)any reference to a numbered section is a reference to the section of the Opticians Act 1989 which bears that number; and
(b)any reference to the Schedule is a reference to Schedule 1 to that Act (constitution etc of the Council).
Section 2(1) was amended by S.I. 2005/848.
Section 5C was inserted by S.I. 2005/848.
Section 5D was inserted by S.I. 2005/848.
Section 4(1) was substituted by S.I. 2005/848.
Section 5A was inserted by S.I. 2005/848.
Section 5(1) was amended by S.I. 2005/848.
Section 5B was inserted by S.I. 2005/848.
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