SCHEDULETHE GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL (COMMITTEE CONSTITUTION) RULES 2005

PART 1CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION

Interpretation2

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)7;

  • “Fitness to Practise Committee” means the committee referred to in section 5C(1) (the Fitness to Practise Committee)8;

  • “Hearings Panel” means the panel of persons appointed by the Council under section 5D (the Hearings Panel)9;

  • “Investigation Committee” means the committee referred to in section 4(1) (the Investigation Committee)10;

  • “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)11;

  • “Registration Committee” means the committee referred to in section 5(1) (the Registration Committee)12; and

  • “Standards Committee” means the committee referred to in section 5B(1) (the Standards Committee)13.

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).