655. Application for registration, restoration and retention.

An application for registration in a register¹, or restoration of registration following removal by the registrar of a name from a register², and an application for entry in a register of particulars of a specialty, or restoration of such an entry following its removal by the registrar³, must be submitted to the registrar in such form (including electronic) as may be specified by the General Optical Council⁴.

On receipt of an application for registration or restoration of registration⁵ the registrar must enter the name of the applicant on the appropriate register if the Council is satisfied that the applicant is