14.—(1) In paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Act (registration: supplementary provisions), after sub-paragraph (2) there is inserted—
“(3) Where an application is made for registration under section 3(1)(b) of this Act (whether by a national of an EEA State or a person treated as such a national), the appropriate registrar shall take no account of any document issued in accordance with article 11 or 12 of Directive 93/16/EEC which is received by him more than three months after the date of its issue.”
(2) In paragraph 5 of that Schedule, for sub-paragraph (1) there is substituted—
“(1) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, on an application for the registration of a person under section 3 or 15 of this Act the appropriate registrar, if satisfied that the applicant is entitled to be registered in accordance with the application—
(a)shall issue to the applicant the certificate of registration required by this paragraph; and
(b)in the case of an application under section 3 made by virtue of subsection (1)(b) of that section (whether by a national of an EEA State or a person treated as such a national), shall do so before the end of the requisite period.
(1A) In sub-paragraph (1) above “the requisite period” means—
(a)the period of three months beginning with the date on which the appropriate registrar received all the documents enabling him to be satisfied of the applicant’s entitlement to be registered in accordance with the application, or
(b)such longer period as is permitted by article 15 of Directive 93/16/EEC.”
(3) In the heading to paragraph 7, and in paragraph 7(2), of that Schedule, for “EEC practitioners” there is substituted “EEA practitioners”.