Right to practise – DiplomaU.K.
11.—(1) This Regulation applies in any case in which the practice of a profession in the United Kingdom is subject to the possession of a Diploma one of the conditions for the issue of which is the completion of a post-secondary course of four years’ duration or less.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the designated authority for a profession may not, on the grounds of inadequate qualifications, refuse to authorise a migrant to practise the profession on the same conditions as those which apply to holders of the required UK Diploma—
(a)in the case in which the UK Diploma is a First General System Diploma, if any one of paragraphs 1(a) or (b) or 2 of Schedule 4 applies;
(b)in the case in which the UK Diploma is a Second General System Diploma, if any one of paragraphs 1 to 3 of that Schedule applies.
(3) The requirement in paragraph (2) to authorise on the same conditions as those which apply to a holder of the required UK Diploma shall not restrict the right of the designated authority, in the circumstances and on the conditions laid down in Part 4 of these Regulations to require a migrant—
(a)to provide evidence of professional experience; or
(b)successfully to complete an adaptation period; or
(c)to take and pass an aptitude test.