Amendment of section 5AU.K.
3. In section 5A (registration of Community rights entitled persons: European qualifications)—
(a)in subsection (1)—
(i)in the opening words, after the second “entitled”, insert “under this section”;
(ii)before paragraph (a), insert—
“(za)the person is not entitled under section 3 to be registered in the register;”
(iii)omit the word “and” immediately preceding paragraph (c); and
(iv)at the end, before the full stop, insert—
“;
(d)the registrar, where an alert has been received under Article 56a of Directive 2005/36/EC in respect of that person, is of the opinion that the substance of the alert does not render the person unfit to practise veterinary surgery; and
(e)the registrar does not have a serious and concrete doubt that the person has a knowledge of language sufficient to practise as a veterinary surgeon in the United Kingdom”; and
(b)in subsection (3)—
(i)in paragraph (a)(i), for “Table A of Schedule 1A”, substitute “the Directive table”;
(ii)in paragraph (a)(ii), for “Table”, substitute “table”;
(iii)in paragraphs (c) and (d), omit “other than the United Kingdom”;
(iv)omit the word “and” immediately preceding paragraph (e); and
(v)at the end, before the full stop, insert—
“; and
(f)evidence that the person has a knowledge of language sufficient to practise as a veterinary surgeon in the United Kingdom”.