| Guvnor

Enforced by: GOC
Status: In Force
Penalty ceiling: Regulated

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Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person11 Applicant2 Director or Officer1 Employee1

Plus 2 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 184 duties

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 144 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 104 duties

Communications Act 2003 92 duties

Road Traffic Act 1988 92 duties

Applicant — also bound by 307 other Acts

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 46 duties

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 42 duties

The Land Registration Rules 2003 25 duties

Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 (Aircrew) 20 duties

Value Added Tax Regulations 1995 18 duties

Director or Officer — also bound by 429 other Acts

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 162 duties

Companies Act 2006 126 duties

Insolvency Act 1986 77 duties

The Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 68 duties

Building Societies Act 1986 32 duties

Employee — also bound by 189 other Acts

Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (Air Operations) 18 duties

Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (current NI employment law) 13 duties

The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 11 duties

Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014 10 duties

Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002 9 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.008 Grant or refusal of application to become a listed provider Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

GOC must decide applications to become a listed event providerStatutory regulator

s.009 Grant or refusal of an application for approval of an event Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

GOC must decide on CPD event approval applications and specify detailsStatutory regulator

s.010 Information to be provided by listed provider Regulated

Provide attendance statements to CPD event participantsAny Person

s.011 Requirement to obtain general CPD points Regulated

Obtain general CPD points based on months registeredEmployee

s.012 Requirement to obtain specialist CPD points Regulated

Obtain specialist CPD points for each registered specialtyAny Person

s.013 Requirement to undertake continuing professional development events relating to each competency Regulated

Complete CPD covering all competencies relevant to your registrationAny Person

s.014 Requirement to undertake interactive events Regulated

Ensure at least half of CPD points come from interactive eventsAny Person

s.015 Requirement to undertake peer review events Regulated

Include at least one peer review event in your CPD cycleAny Person

s.016 Requirements to undertake reflection activity Regulated

Complete one reflection activity during each CPD periodAny Person

s.018 Obtaining CPD points Regulated

Obtain required CPD points for approved eventsAny Person

s.019 Requirement to keep records: listed providers Regulated

Keep records of CPD information provided under rule 10(1)Any Person

s.020 Requirement to keep records: the administrator Regulated

Keep records of approved CPD events and retain for at least two periodsDirector or Officer

s.021 Requirements to keep records: registrants Regulated

Keep records of continuing professional development (CPD) activitiesAny Person

s.023 Notification of compliance with CPD requirements Regulated

Registrant must notify GOC of CPD compliance before deadlineAny Person

s.024 Disputes as to compliance with CPD requirements Regulated

Produce CPD records to the GOC within 21 days if askedAny Person

s.026 Restoration of registration Regulated

Meet CPD requirements when applying to restore your registrationApplicant

s.027 Restoration of entry relating to a specialty Regulated

Obtain required specialist CPD points before restoring a specialty entryApplicant

12 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 Citation and commencement

s.002 Interpretation

s.003 The scheme and the scheme administrators

s.004 Appointment of persons as administrators

s.005 Application to become a listed provider

s.006 Fee payable for application to be a listed provider

s.007 Application by a listed provider for approval of an event

s.017 Calculation of CPD points

s.022 Notice of possible shortfall

s.025 Removal of registration or an entry relating to a specialty

s.art001 Citation, commencement and extent

s.art002 Privy Council approval

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.

The General Optical Council (Continuing Professional Development) Rules Order of Council 2021

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What it requires