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(1) This Order may be cited as the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (Commencement No. 6) Order 1989.
(2) In this Order –
 “the 1958 Act” means the Opticians Act 1958;
 “the 1988 Act” means the Health and Medicines Act 1988.
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(1) 20th July 1989 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 14 of the 1988 Act (duties to be performed on sight-testing) so far as it inserts subsections (1), (3), (8) and (9) of section 20B of the 1958 Act.
(2) 31st July 1989 is the day appointed for the coming into force of section 14 of the 1988 Act so far as it relates to subsections (2), (4), (5), (6) and (7) of section 20B of the 1958 Act.
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The Health and Medicines Act 1988 (Commencement No. 5) Order 1989 is hereby revoked.
K Clarke
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
19th July 1989