Designated AuthoritiesU.K.
9.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, the following shall be regarded as the designated authorities for their profession—
(a)in respect of any profession for the time being listed in Schedule 1 to the First General System Regulations, the person, body or authority there specified as the designated authority in relation to that profession;
(b)in respect of any profession for the time being listed in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations, the person, body or authority there specified as the designated authority in relation to that profession or activity;
(c)in respect of any professional title or designatory letters listed for the time being in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations, the person, body or authority there specified as the designated authority in relation to that title or those letters.
(2) If at any time a profession is regulated within the United Kingdom, or a part of it, but is not listed in one of the ways mentioned in paragraph (1), the designated authority in respect of that profession or, as the case may be, professional activity shall be the competent authority, determined in accordance with Regulation 8(1)(b).