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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007.
(2) These Regulations, except for those regulations specified in paragraph (3), shall come into force on 3rd December 2007.
(3) Regulations 81 to 87, 93(e), (f), (g) and (h) and 94(b) shall come into force on 1st April 2008.
(4) The extent of any amendment made by these Regulations is the same as that of the enactment amended.
2. The Medical Act 1983(8) is amended in accordance with this Part.
3. In section 2(9) (registration of medical practitioners), for subsection (2)(d) substitute—
“(d) the list of visiting medical practitioners from relevant European States”.
4. In section 3(10) (registration by virtue of primary United Kingdom or primary European qualifications)—
(a) in subsection (1)(b), for “any EEA State” substitute “any relevant European State”;
(b) in subsection (2)—
(i) in paragraph (a), for “an EEA State” substitute “a relevant European State”, and
(ii) for paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b) is, by virtue of an enforceable Community right, entitled to be treated, for the purposes of access to and pursuit of the medical profession, no less favourably than a national of a relevant European State,”; and
(c) omit subsection (3).
5. In section 5(11) (general functions of the Education Committee in relation to medical education in the United Kingdom)—
(a) in subsection (2A), for “article 23 of Directive 93/16/EEC” substitute “article 24 of the Directive (basic medical training)”;
(b) omit subsection (2B); and
(c) in subsection (4), for the definition of “Directive 93/16/EEC” substitute—
““the Directive” means Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7th September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (OJ No. L255, 30.09.2005, p.22)(12), and any reference in this Act to the Directive or to any provision of the Directive is a reference to the Directive, or to that provision of the Directive, as amended from time to time;”.
6. In section 10A(13) (programmes for provisionally registered doctors), in subsection (6)(b), for “article 23 of Directive 93/16/EEC” substitute “article 24 of the Directive (basic medical training)”.
7. In section 14(14) (alternative requirements as to experience in certain cases), in subsection (3), for “article 23 of Directive 93/16/EEC” substitute “article 24 of the Directive (basic medical training)”.
8. After section 14 insert—
14A.—(1) A person who is a national of a relevant European State—
(a) whose case falls within regulation 3(9)(a) of the General Systems Regulations,
(b) to whom regulations 20 to 26 of those Regulations apply by reason of the operation of regulation 3(4) of those Regulations,
(c) who is permitted to pursue the profession of medical practitioner in the United Kingdom by virtue of Part 3 of those Regulations (having, in particular, successfully completed any adaptation period, or passed any aptitude test, that he may be required to undertake pursuant to that Part of those Regulations), and
(d) whose fitness to practise is not impaired,
is entitled to be registered under this section as a fully registered medical practitioner.
(2) Any person who—
(a) is not a national of a relevant European State; but
(b) is, by virtue of any enforceable Community right, entitled to be treated, for the purposes of access to the medical profession, no less favourably than a national of such a State,
shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (1) as if he were such a national.”.
9. In section 15A(15) (provisional registration for EEA nationals)—
(a) in the heading, after “EEA nationals” insert “etc”;
(b) in subsections (1), (2) and (3)(a), for “an EEA State” substitute “a relevant European State”;
(c) in subsection (3)(b), for “a right conferred by article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68, or any other enforceable Community right” substitute “any enforceable Community right”; and
(d) in subsection (5), for “Article 23, paragraph 1(a), (b) and (c) of Directive 93/16/EEC” substitute “paragraph 3(a), (b) and (c) of article 24 of the Directive (basic medical training)”.
10. In section 16(16) (registration of qualifications)—
(a) in subsection (1)—
(i) after “3,” insert “14A,”, and
(ii) for “the primary United Kingdom” substitute “any primary United Kingdom”;
(b) in subsections (1)(a) and (2), for “Schedule 2 to this Act” substitute “Annex V, point 5.1.1 of the Directive (evidence of formal qualifications in basic medical training)”; and
(c) in subsection (2), for “an EEA State” substitute “a relevant European State”.
11.—(1) Section 17(17) (primary qualifications obtained in other EEA States) is amended as follows.
(2) In the heading, for “EEA States” substitute “relevant European States”.
(3) In subsection (1)—
(a) for “an EEA State” substitute “a relevant European State”;
(b) for paragraphs (a) to (c) substitute—
“(a) a qualification listed in Annex V, point 5.1.1 of the Directive which was obtained in a relevant European State on or after the reference date and is not evidence of training commenced by the holder before that date, provided that that qualification is accompanied, where appropriate, by the certificate listed in relation to that State in the column of Annex V, point 5.1.1 of the Directive entitled “Certificate accompanying the qualifications”;
(b) subject to compliance with subsection (2) below, a qualification listed in Annex V, point 5.1.1 of the Directive, which was obtained before the reference date, or on or after that date where training of which it is evidence was commenced by the holder before that date;
(ba) subject to compliance with subsection (2A) below, a qualification not listed in Annex V, point 5.1.1 of the Directive, which was obtained on or after the reference date and is not evidence of training commenced by the holder before that date;
(c) subject to compliance with subsection (3) below, a qualification not listed in Annex V, point 5.1.1 of the Directive, which was obtained before the reference date, or on or after that date where training of which it is evidence was commenced by the holder before that date;”; and
(c) in paragraph (e)(ii), for “the state or former state” substitute “the former state”.
(4) For subsections (2) and (3) substitute—
“(2) For compliance with this subsection in the case of any qualification, either—
(a) evidence of the qualification must be—
(i) such that the Registrar is satisfied (by means of a certificate of a competent authority of the relevant European State in which it was obtained or otherwise) that it accords with the standards laid down by article 24 of the Directive (basic medical training), and
(ii) accompanied, where appropriate, by the certificate listed in relation to the State in which the qualification was obtained in the column of Annex V, point 5.1.1 of the Directive entitled “Certificate accompanying the qualifications”; or
(b) evidence of the qualification must be accompanied by a certificate of a competent authority of any relevant European State that the holder has effectively and lawfully been engaged in medical practice in that State for at least three consecutive years during the five years preceding the date of the certificate.
(2A) For compliance with this subsection in the case of any qualification, evidence of it must be accompanied by a certificate of a competent authority of the relevant European State in which it was obtained to the effect that—
(a) it is evidence of training which satisfies the requirements of article 24 of the Directive; and
(b) it is treated by that State as if it were a qualification listed in relation to that State in Annex V, point 5.1.1 of the Directive.
(3) For compliance with this subsection in the case of any qualification, evidence of it must be accompanied by a certificate such as is described in—
(a) subsection (2)(b); or
(b) subsection (2A).”.
(5) In subsection (4)—
(a) in paragraph (a), for “Schedule 2 to this Act” substitute “Annex V, point 5.1.1 of the Directive”; and
(b) in paragraphs (a) and (b), for “the German medical authorities” substitute “a competent authority of Germany”.
(6) In subsection (4A)—
(a) in paragraph (a)—
(i) for “the medical authorities of the EEA State” substitute “a competent authority of the relevant European State”, and
(ii) for “Schedule 2 to this Act” substitute “Annex V, point 5.1.1 of the Directive”;
(b) in paragraph (b), for “those authorities” substitute “a competent authority of that State”; and
(c) in column (b) of the Table, for “Yugoslavia” substitute “Former Yugoslavia”.
(7) Omit subsection (5).
(8) For subsection (6) substitute—
“(6) In this section, “the reference date”, in relation to a relevant European State, means the date specified in relation to that State in the column entitled “Reference date” in Annex V, point 5.1.1 of the Directive.”.
12. For section 18(18) (visiting EEC practitioners) substitute—
18. Schedule 2A to this Act (visiting medical practitioners from relevant European States) shall have effect.”.
13. In section 19(19) (full registration of EEA nationals etc by virtue of overseas primary qualifications etc)—
(a) in subsection (1), after paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa) that, where—
(i) that qualification was, or would have been, granted otherwise than in a relevant European State, and
(ii) that qualification, or the person’s having passed those examinations, has not previously been accepted by a relevant European State as qualifying the person to practise as a medical practitioner in that State,
the qualification is, or would have been, evidence of medical training which satisfies the requirements of article 24(1), (2) and (3)(a), (b) and (c) of the Directive (basic medical training);”;
(b) after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply to persons entitled to be registered under section 14A or 19A.”;
(c) for subsection (2) substitute—
“(2) In this Act “exempt person” means a person who—
(a) is a national of a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom;
(b) is a national of the United Kingdom who is seeking access to, or is pursuing, the medical profession by virtue of an enforceable Community right; or
(c) is not a national of a relevant European State, but is, by virtue of an enforceable Community right, entitled to be treated, for the purposes of access to and pursuit of the medical profession, no less favourably than a national of a relevant European State.”; and
(d) in subsection (3), for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a) if the applicant holds a medical qualification which was granted otherwise than in a relevant European State, but has been accepted by a relevant European State, other than the United Kingdom, as qualifying him to practise as a medical practitioner in that State, the acceptance of that qualification; and”.
14. After section 19 insert—
19A. An exempt person—
(a) whose case falls within regulation 3(9)(e) of the General Systems Regulations,
(b) to whom regulations 20 to 26 of those Regulations apply by reason of the operation of regulation 3(4) of those Regulations,
(c) who is permitted to pursue the profession of medical practitioner in the United Kingdom by virtue of Part 3 of those Regulations (having, in particular, successfully completed any adaptation period, or passed any aptitude test, that he may be required to undertake pursuant to that Part of those Regulations), and
(d) whose fitness to practise is not impaired,
is entitled to be registered under this section as a fully registered medical practitioner.”.
15. In section 21(20) (provisional registration of EEA nationals etc. with certain overseas qualifications), in subsection (2), after “paragraphs (a)” insert “, (aa)”.
16. In section 21B(21) (full registration of persons with an overseas qualification), in subsection (1)—
(a) at the end of paragraph (c) omit “and”; and
(b) at the end of paragraph (d) insert—
“and
(e) that, where—
(i) the person is an exempt person,
(ii) his acceptable overseas qualification was, or would have been, granted otherwise than in a relevant European State, and
(iii) that qualification, or the person’s having passed those examinations, has not previously been accepted by a relevant European State as qualifying the person to practise as a medical practitioner in that State,
that qualification is, or would have been, evidence of medical training which satisfies the requirements of article 24(1), (2) and (3)(a), (b) and (c) of the Directive (basic medical training),”.
17. In section 21C(22) (provisional registration of persons with an overseas qualification), in subsection (2), for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a) of the matters specified in paragraphs (a), (c), (d) and (e) of subsection (1) of section 21B above so far as they are matters of which the Registrar would in the person’s case have to be satisfied in order for the person to be eligible to benefit from a direction under that subsection; and”.
18. In section 26(23) (registration of qualifications), in subsection (1), after “19,” insert “19A,”.
19. In section 30(24) (the registers), in subsection (1)—
(a) in paragraph (a), for “3, 15 or 15A” substitute “3, 14A, 15, 15A or 19A”; and
(b) for paragraph (d) substitute—
“(d) in the list of visiting medical practitioners from relevant European States, the names of persons entitled to be registered under Schedule 2A.”.
20. In section 32(25) (registration fees), in subsection (5), for “as a visiting EEA practitioner” substitute “in the list of visiting medical practitioners from relevant European States”.
21. In section 40(26) (appeals)—
(a) in subsection (1), omit paragraph (c) and the word “or” preceding that paragraph;
(b) in subsection (4), omit “or 45(7)”; and
(c) in subsection (5)(c), omit “(including one appealing against a decision falling within subsection (1)(c) above)”.
22. In section 44(27) (effect of disqualification in another member State on registration in the United Kingdom)—
(a) in the heading, for “member State” substitute “relevant European State”;
(b) in subsection (1)—
(i) for “an EEA State” substitute “a relevant European State”, and
(ii) after “section 3(1)(b)” insert “, 14A or 19A”;
(c) in subsection (2)—
(i) for “the EEA State” substitute “the relevant European State”,
(ii) for “primary United Kingdom qualification or primary European qualification” substitute “medical qualification”, and
(iii) in paragraph (b), after “prohibited” insert “(whether on a permanent or temporary basis)”;
(d) in subsections (3), (5) and (6), after “section 3(1)(b)” insert “, 14A or 19A”; and
(e) omit subsection (7).
23. In section 44B(28) (provision of information in respect of fitness to practise matters)—
(a) in subsection (1)—
(i) after “provision of this Act” insert “, other than Schedule 2A,”,
(ii) in paragraph (a), for “because of his involvement in a serious matter or a problem” substitute “as a result of serious, specific circumstances or because of a problem”, and
(iii) in paragraph (b), for “that matter or problem” substitute “those circumstances or that problem”;
(b) in subsection (2)—
(i) in paragraph (a), for “section 18 above” substitute “Schedule 2A”, and
(ii) in paragraph (b)—
(aa) after “fully registered” insert “otherwise than by virtue of Schedule 2A,” and
(bb) for “because of his involvement in a serious matter or a problem” substitute “as a result of serious, specific circumstances or because of a problem”;
(c) for subsection (3) substitute—
“(3) In subsections (1) and (2), “serious, specific circumstances” has the same meaning as in article 56(2) of the Directive (exchange between authorities of information about disciplinary action etc.).”;
(d) omit subsections (5) to (9); and
(e) after subsection (10) insert—
“(11) Any provision made under subsection (2)(a) has effect subject to section 44BA below.”.
24. After section 44B insert—
44BA.—(1) Subsections (2) to (5) apply in relation to an exempt person (“E”) who applies for registration under section 3(1)(b), 14A or 19A of this Act.
(2) For the purpose of determining whether E’s fitness to practise is impaired, the Registrar shall accept as sufficient evidence of E’s good health a certificate which—
(a) attests to E’s good physical and mental health; and
(b) is required of a person who wishes to practise medicine in E’s attesting State.
(3) If no such certificate is required of persons who wish to practise medicine in E’s attesting State, for the purpose of determining whether E’s fitness to practise is impaired, the Registrar shall accept as sufficient evidence of E’s good health a certificate which—
(a) attests to E’s good physical and mental health; and
(b) is issued by a competent authority in E’s attesting State.
(4) For the purpose of determining whether E’s fitness to practise is impaired, the Registrar shall accept as sufficient evidence of E’s good character a certificate which—
(a) attests to E’s good character or good repute; and
(b) is issued by a competent authority in E’s attesting State.
(5) If no such certificate is issued by a competent authority in E’s attesting State, for the purpose of determining whether E’s fitness to practise is impaired, the Registrar shall accept as sufficient evidence of E’s good character a certificate—
(a) attesting to the authenticity of a declaration on oath made by E—
(i) before a competent judicial or admininstrative authority, notary or qualified professional body of E’s attesting State, and
(ii) attesting to E’s good character; and
(b) issued by the authority, notary or body referred to in paragraph (a)(i).
In this subsection, “declaration on oath” includes a solemn declaration.
(6) In subsections (2) to (5) the “attesting State”, in relation to E, is—
(a) the relevant European State in which E obtained his medical qualification; or
(b) (if different) the relevant European State from which E comes to the United Kingdom.
(7) The Registrar shall not accept any certificate referred to in subsection (2), (3), (4) or (5) if it is presented more than three months after the date on which it was issued.”.
25. Omit section 45(29) (disciplinary provisions affecting practitioners who render services while visiting the United Kingdom).
26. In section 46(30) (recovery of fees)—
(a) in subsection (1), for “subsection (2) or (2A)” substitute “subsection (2A)”; and
(b) omit subsection (2).
27. In section 49(31) (penalty for pretending to be registered)—
(a) in subsection (1), omit “Subject to subsection (2) below,”; and
(b) omit subsection (2).
28. In Part VII (miscellaneous and general), before section 50 insert—
49B.—(1) The General Council is designated as the competent authority in the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Directive so far as relating to the medical profession.
(2) The designation under subsection (1)—
(a) does not extend to matters relating to training to be, or qualifications or practice as, a general practitioner or a specialist medical practitioner;
(b) does not extend to the awarding of primary United Kingdom qualifications.
(3) Accordingly, the General Council shall in the United Kingdom carry out (in particular) the functions specified in Schedule 4A so far as those functions relate to matters other than specialist matters (as respects those functions so far as relating to specialist matters, see article 19 of the General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order (S.I. 2003/1250)); and for this purpose each of the following is a “specialist matter”—
(a) training to be a general practitioner or specialist medical practitioner;
(b) qualifications as such a practitioner;
(c) practice as such a practitioner.
(4) The bodies and combinations of bodies specified in section 4(2) are designated as competent authorities in the United Kingdom for the purposes of awarding primary United Kingdom qualifications.
(5) Subject to subsection (6), the Secretary of State may give directions to the General Council in connection with their functions specified in Schedule 4A, and it shall be the duty of the General Council to comply with any such directions.
(6) Directions given under subsection (5) may be as to matters of administration only.
(7) In Schedule 4A, “non-UK medical qualification” means a medical qualification that is awarded to a person by a competent authority of a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom.”.
29. In section 55(32) (interpretation)—
(a) in subsection (1)—
(i) after the definition of “appointing body” insert—
““competent authority” means any authority or body of a relevant European State designated by that State for the purposes of the Directive as competent to—
receive or issue evidence of qualifications or other information or documents, or
receive applications and take the decisions referred to in the Directive,
in connection with the practice of medicine;
“the Directive” has the meaning given by section 5(4) above;”,
(ii) omit the definition of “Directive 93/16/EEC”;
(iii) omit the definitions of “the EEA Agreement” and “EEA State”,
(iv) in the definition of “fully registered person”, for the words before paragraph (a) substitute—
““fully registered person” means a person for the time being registered under section 3, 14A, 19, 19A, 21B, 27A or 27B above as a fully registered medical practitioner, or under Schedule 2A as a visiting medical practitioner from a relevant European State, and—”,
(v) after the definition of “the General Council” insert—
““the General Systems Regulations” means the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2781);”,
(vi) in the definition of “national”, for “EEA State” substitute “relevant European State”, and
(vii) after the definition of “the Registrar” insert—
““relevant European State” means an EEA State or Switzerland;”;
(b) in subsection (2), for “that Directive” (in both places) substitute “the Directive”; and
(c) after subsection (2) insert—
“(3) In relation to anything done—
(a) before the adoption by the Council and the European Parliament of the Directive, but
(b) after the adoption by the Council of Directive 93/16/EEC,
references in this Act to the Directive, or to any provision of the Directive, shall be construed as references to, or to any corresponding provision of, Directive 93/16/EEC as for the time being amended.
(4) In this section, “Directive 93/16/EEC” means Council Directive 93/16/EEC(33) of 5th April 1993 to facilitate the free movement of doctors and the mutual recognition of their diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications (OJ No. L165, 7.7.93, p.1).”.
30. In Schedule 1 (the General Medical Council and its Committees, and the Branch Councils), in paragraph 10, for “section 18” substitute “Schedule 2A”.
31. Omit Schedule 2(34) (primary European qualifications).
32. Before Schedule 3 insert—
Section 18
1. This Schedule applies to an exempt person who is lawfully established in medical practice in a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom.
2. In this Schedule—
(a) a “visiting practitioner” means an exempt person to whom this Schedule applies;
(b) the “home State”, in relation to a visiting practitioner, means the relevant European State in which the practitioner is lawfully established in medical practice; and
(c) a reference to the provision of occasional medical services is a reference to the provision of medical services in the United Kingdom on a temporary and occasional basis.
3.—(1) A visiting practitioner is entitled to be registered under this Schedule in the register if the practitioner is entitled under paragraph 4 or 7 to provide occasional medical services; and the Registrar shall give effect to the entitlement.
(2) A visiting practitioner who is entitled under sub-paragraph (1) to be registered in the register, but who is not registered in the register’s list of visiting medical practitioners from relevant European States, shall be treated as registered in that list.
(3) Sub-paragraph (4) applies where a person’s entitlement under sub-paragraph (1) to be registered in the register ceases because, by reason of the operation of paragraph 8(1), (2) or (5), the person ceases to be entitled under this Schedule to provide occasional medical services.
(4) If the person’s name is registered in the register’s list of visiting medical practitioners from relevant European States, the Registrar may erase the person’s name from that list.
(5) Sub-paragraphs (1) to (4) are not to be taken to prejudice the application, in relation to persons registered in the register on the basis of entitlement under sub-paragraph (1), of any other provision of this Act under which a medical practitioner’s name may be erased from the register or under which a medical practitioner’s registration in the register may be suspended.
4. A visiting practitioner is entitled to provide occasional medical services if—
(a) the practitioner has complied with the requirements of paragraph 5, and
(b) where the practitioner’s case falls within regulation 3(9)(a), (c) or (e) of the General Systems Regulations, the provision by the practitioner of occasional medical services is in accordance with regulations 14 to 16 of those Regulations (the practitioner having, in particular, successfully completed any adaptation period, or passed any aptitude test, that the practitioner may be required to undertake pursuant to Part 2 of those Regulations),
but paragraph 8 contains provision about the duration of entitlement under this paragraph.
5.—(1) A visiting practitioner who proposes to provide occasional medical services for the first time must, before providing any such services, send or produce to the Registrar the required documents.
(2) The required documents are—
(a) a written declaration that—
(i) states the practitioner’s wish to provide occasional medical services, and
(ii) contains details of the insurance cover, or other means of personal or collective protection, that the practitioner has with regard to professional liability;
(b) if the practitioner is a national of a relevant European State, proof of nationality;
(c) if the practitioner is not a national of a relevant European State, proof of the Community right by virtue of which the practitioner is an exempt person;
(d) evidence of medical qualifications (see paragraph 6); and
(e) a certificate (or certificates) issued by a competent authority in the practitioner’s home State confirming—
(i) that the practitioner is lawfully established in medical practice in that State, and
(ii) that the practitioner is not prohibited (whether on a permanent or temporary basis) from practising as a medical practitioner there.
1983 c.54. Back [8]
Section 2 was amended by S.I. 1996/1591, 2002/3135 and 2006/1914. Back [9]
Section 3 was substituted by S.I. 1996/1591 and amended by S.I. 2003/3148, 2004/1947 and 2006/1914. Back [10]
Section 5 was amended by S.I. 1996/1591, 2003/3148, 2004/1947 and 2006/1914. Back [11]
The Directive was amended by Council Directive 2006/100/EC of 20th November 2006, OJ No. L363 of 20.12.2006, p.141. Back [12]
Section 10A was inserted by S.I. 2006/1914. Back [13]
Section 14(3) was inserted by S.I. 1996/1591. Back [14]
Section 15A was inserted by S.I. 2000/3041 and amended by S.I. 2006/1914. Back [15]
Section 16 was amended by S.I. 1996/1591, 2000/3041 and 2002/3135. Back [16]
Section 17 was substituted by S.I. 1996/1591 and amended by S.I. 2003/3148 and 2004/1947. Back [17]
Section 18 was amended by S.I. 1996/1591. Back [18]
Section 19 was substituted by S.I. 2002/3135 and amended by S.I. 2006/1914. Back [19]
Section 21(2) was amended by S.I. 2002/3135, and the heading of section 21 was amended by S.I. 2006/1914. Back [20]
Section 21B was inserted by S.I. 2006/1914. Back [21]
Section 21C was inserted by S.I. 2006/1914. Back [22]
Section 26 was amended by S.I. 2002/3135 and 2006/1914. Back [23]
Section 30 was amended by S.I. 1996/1591, 2000/3041, 2002/3135 and 2006/1914. Back [24]
Section 32 was amended by S.I. 1996/1591 and 2006/1914 and by the Medical (Professional Performance) Act 1995 (c.51), paragraph 3 of the Schedule. Back [25]
Section 40 was substituted by S.I. 2002/3135 and amended by S.I. 2006/1914. Back [26]
Section 44 was amended by S.I. 1996/1591 and substituted by S.I. 2002/3135. Back [27]
Section 44B was inserted by S.I. 2006/1914; in that S.I. as originally printed, the inserted section 44B had two subsections (9), but a correction slip was issued confirming that the second of them is in fact subsection (10). Back [28]
Section 45 was amended by S.I. 1996/1591, 2000/1803, 2002/3135 and 2006/1914. Back [29]
Section 46 was amended by S.I. 1996/1591, 2002/3135 and 2006/1914. Back [30]
Section 49(2) was amended by S.I. 1996/1591. Back [31]
Section 55 was amended by S.I. 1996/1591, 2000/3041, 2002/3135 and 2006/1914. Back [32]
Directive 93/16/EEC was last amended by the Act annexed to the Treaty relating to the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic signed at Athens on 16th April 2003, and was repealed with effect from 20th October 2007 by Directive 2005/36/EC. Back [33]
Schedule 2 was substituted by S.I. 2003/3148 and amended by S.I. 2004/1947. Back [34]
The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007