UK Statutory Instrument
2005
United Kingdom
The General Optical Council (Registration Rules) Order of Council 2005
The Rules approved by this Order make provision for the procedures to be followed and decisions to be made in relation to persons seeking registration by the General Optical Council (“the GOC”) under the Opticians Act 1989 (“the Act”).
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Citation and commencement
Revocation
Notices and notifications
Applications for registration or restoration of registration
Applications for entry in a register of particulars of a specialty or for restoration of an entry
Information required from individual applicants for registration or restoration of registration
Additional information required from individual applicants for registration or restoration of registration as a student
Additional information required from individual applicants for registration or restoration of registration as an optometrist or a dispensing optician
Information required from applicants for registration or restoration of registration as business registrants
Information required for entry of particulars of a specialty or restoration of such an entry
Work or activities permitted for persons with register entries relating to specialties
Performance of work or activities without entry in the register relating to specialty
Exceptions in relation to performance of work or activities without entry in the register relating to a specialty
Registration and restoration of registration
Entry and restoration of an entry relating to a specialty in a register
Notice of refusal
Restoration following erasure of registration by the Fitness to Practise Committee
Restoration following removal of an entry of a specialty by the Fitness to Practise Committee
Applications for retention
Making of applications and information required
Notice of failure to apply
Removal of registration
Registration information
Visiting opticians from relevant European States: registration information
Visiting opticians from relevant European States: changes in information provided to the Council
Changes and errors in information provided to the Council
Incorrect information recorded in a register
Removal of registration following notification under rule 23
Erasure of registration and removal of an entry of a specialty
Revocations
Enforcement and responsible bodies
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General Optical Council
Statutory regulator for optometrists, dispensing opticians, student opticians, and optical businesses in the UK. Registers individuals and businesses, sets standards, and investigates …
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