PART 13U.K.OPTICIANS: OTHER LEGISLATION

Amendment of the General Optical Council (Testing of Sight by Persons Training as Ophthalmic Opticians) Rules 1993U.K.

196.  In the General Optical Council (Testing of Sight by Persons Training as Ophthalmic Opticians) Rules 1993 M1, in rule 4 (classes of persons training as optometrists), in paragraph (c)—

(a)for “Regulation 6 of the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 1991” substitute “ the General Systems Regulations M2; and

(b)for “that regulation” substitute “ those Regulations ”.

Marginal Citations

M1Scheduled to S.I. 1994/70; relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2005/848.

M2The “General Systems Regulations” are defined in section 36 of the Opticians Act 1989.