The General Optical Council (Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules) Order of Council 2003 No. 1080

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2003 No. 1080
OPTICIANS
The General Optical Council (Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules) Order of Council 2003

Made

19th March 2003

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 19th day of March 2003
By the Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council
Whereas in pursuance of section 10 of the Opticians Act 1989[1] the General Optical Council have made the Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules 2003 as set out in the Schedule to this Order:

     And whereas by section 34 of the Act such rules shall not come into force until approved by Order of the Privy Council:

     And whereas upon rule 2 of these rules coming into force the revocation mentioned therein will render wholly spent the General Optical Council (Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules) Order of Council 2002[2]:

     Now, therefore, Their Lordships, having taken these rules into consideration, are hereby pleased to approve them with effect from 31st March 2003.

     1. This Order may be cited as the General Optical Council (Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules) Order of Council 2003.

     2. The General Optical Council (Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules) Order of Council 2002[3] is hereby revoked with effect from 31st March 2003.

A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council

GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCILThe Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules 2003

In pursuance of their powers under section 10 of the Opticians Act 1989, the General Optical Council hereby make the following rules:

     1. These rules may be cited as the Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules 2003.

     2. In the Registration and Enrolment Rules 1976 (which in their original form are scheduled to the General Optical Council (Registration and Enrolment Rules) Order of Council 1977[4])the tables shown in the Appendix shall be substituted by the following:

" TABLE A

Fees payable by Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians (Rules 20 to 23)

Registration fee:
(a) For applications in respect of a registration period ending before 1st April 2003	Ј62
(b) For applications in respect of a registration period commencing on or after 1st April 2003 except where paragraph (c) applies	Ј115
(c) For applications in respect of a registration period commencing on or after 1st January 2004	Ј68
Retention fee:	Ј115
Restoration fee:
For restorations effected on 31st March 2003	Ј39
For restorations effected on or after 1 April 2003	Ј43
Transfer fee:
For applications for transfer made on 31st March 2003	Ј39
For applications for transfer made on or after 1st April 2003	Ј43

TABLE B

Fees payable by Bodies Corporate (Rules 25 to 28)

Enrolment fee:
(a) For applications in respect of an enrolment period ending before 1st April 2003	Ј62
(b) For applications in respect of an enrolment period commencing on or after 1st April 2003 except where paragraph (c) applies	Ј115
(c) For applications in respect of an enrolment period commencing on or after 1st January 2004	Ј68
Retention fee:	Ј115
Restoration fee:
For restorations effected on 31st March 2003	Ј39
For restorations effected on or after 1st April 2003	Ј43
Transfer fee:
For applications for transfer made on 31st March 2003	Ј39
For applications for transfer made on or after 1st April 2003	Ј43."

2. The Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules 2002[5] (which will be spent on the coming into force of these Rules) are hereby revoked.

3. These Rules shall come into force on 31st March 2003.

Sealed on the

6th day of March 2003

L.S.

Attested by:

R. M. Varley
Member of Council

R. J. Buckley
Member of Council

P. C. Coe
Registrar

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

The rules approved by this Order increase with effect from 31st March 2003 the fees payable to the General Optical Council by ophthalmic and dispensing opticians and bodies corporate carrying on business as opticians for registration, enrolment or retention in, restoration to and transfer within the register of opticians. The fees were last fixed with effect from 1st April 2002 and have been increased by 9.5 per cent.

This Order also revokes a previous Order of Council which becomes spent on the revocation of rules which are scheduled to it.

Notes:

[1] 1989 c. 44.back

[2] S.I. 2002/775.back

[3] S.I. 2002/775.back

[4] S.I. 1977/176; relevant amending rules are scheduled to S.I. 1979/1638, 1980/1936 (now spent) 1981/1821 (now spent) 1983/1 (now spent) 1985/2024, 1985/1887 (now spent) 1990/270 (now spent) 1991/79 (now spent) 1993//483 (now spent) 1994/729 (now spent) 1996/3021 (now spent) 1998/73 (now spent), 1999/69 (now spent), 2001/1131 (now spent) and 2002/775.back

[5] Scheduled to the General Optical Council (Registration and Enrolment (Amendment) Rules) Order of Council 2002 (S.I. 2002/775).back

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