The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

[F1 Swiss pharmacy technicians qualifying outside the United Kingdom: saving of old law U.K.

44B.— (1) Where an application for registration in Part 2 of the Register is received from a Swiss pharmacy technician before the end of the Swiss recognition period, any provision made by an instrument amended by Part 1 of this Schedule continues to apply in relation to the application (including any appeal arising from it) without the amendments that Part 1 of this Schedule makes to the establishment provisions (but subject to the modifications to the 2010 Order and the General Pharmaceutical Council (Registration) Rules 2010 specified in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4)).

(2) The reference in sub-paragraph (1) to “the establishment provisions” is a reference to the provisions of the following enactments—

(a) the 2010 Order, other than articles 19(2)(d) and (e), 32(11), 33, 36(1) and (3), 39(1)(c) and (e), and 66(2);

(b) the General Pharmaceutical Council (Registration) Rules 2010.

(3) The modifications to the 2010 Order mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) are—

(a) article 3(1) is to be read as if—

(i) in the definitions of “the Directive” and “Directive 2002/58/EC”, for “as amended from time to time” there were substituted “as it had effect immediately before IP completion day”;

(ii) in the definition of “General Systems Regulations”, at the end, there were inserted “as (and only to the extent that) they have effect, after IP completion day, in relation to an entitlement which arises in relation to a relevant qualification (within the meaning given in regulation 1A of the European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019)”;

(iii) there were inserted at the appropriate place—

““Swiss pharmacy technician” has the meaning given in paragraph 44B(5) of Schedule 2 to the European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019;”;

(iv) for the definition of “third country”, there were substituted—

““third country” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the 2007 Regulations.”;

(b) article 22 is to be read as if—

(i) in paragraph (1)(b), for “an exempt person” there were substituted “a Swiss pharmacy technician”;

(ii) in paragraph (1)(c)—

(aa) in paragraph (ii)(aa), for “an exempt person” there were substituted “a Swiss pharmacy technician”;

(bb) in paragraph (ii)(bb), “whether or not T is an exempt person,” were omitted;

(iii) in paragraph (2)—

(aa) in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for “exempt person” there were substituted “Swiss pharmacy technician”;

(bb) in sub-paragraph (b), after “the Directive” there were inserted “as they had effect immediately before IP completion day”;

(iv) in paragraph (3)—

(aa) in the words before sub-paragraph (a) for “an exempt person” there were substituted “a Swiss pharmacy technician”;

(bb) in sub-paragraph (a), for “another relevant European State” there were substituted “a competent authority in Switzerland pursuant to Article 2(2) of the Directive”;

(c) article 23(1) is to be read as if in sub-paragraph (c)—

(i) paragraph (iii) were omitted;

(ii) in paragraph (iv)—

(aa) in the words before sub-paragraph (aa) and in sub-paragraph (bb), for “an exempt person” there were substituted “a Swiss pharmacy technician”;

(aa) in sub-paragraphs (aa) and (bb), for “a relevant European State” there were substituted “the United Kingdom or Switzerland”;

(iii) in paragraph (vi)—

(aa) for “an exempt person” there were substituted “a Swiss pharmacy technician”;

(bb) for “a relevant European State” there were substituted “Switzerland”;

(d) article 23(4) is to be read as if for “an exempt person” there were substituted “a Swiss pharmacy technician”;

(e) article 23(9) is to be read as if for the words from “in relation” to the end, there were substituted “in relation to a Swiss pharmacy technician, means Switzerland”;

(f) article 23A(7) is to be read as if for “an exempt person” there were substituted “a Swiss pharmacy technician”;

(g) article 36(1) is to be read as if for “Subject to paragraph (3), the” there were substituted “The”.

(4) The modifications to the General Pharmaceutical Council (Registration) Rules 2010 mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) are—

(a) rule 2 is to be read as if after the definition of “prescribed fee” there were inserted—

““Swiss pharmacy technician” has the meaning given in paragraph 44B(5) of Schedule 2 to the European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019;”;

(b) rule 10 is to be read as if—

(i) in paragraph (3)(e)—

(aa) in the words before paragraph (i), for “an exempt person within the meaning given in article 3(1) of the Order” there were substituted “a Swiss pharmacy technician”;

(bb) in paragraphs (i) and (ii), for “a relevant European State”, in each place it occurs, there were substituted “the United Kingdom or Switzerland”;

(cc) in paragraph (ii), for “Community right by virtue of which the applicant is an exempt person” there were substituted “enforceable EU right by virtue of which the applicant is a Swiss pharmacy technician”;

(ii) in paragraph (3)(f), for “a relevant European State”, in each place it occurs, there were substituted “the United Kingdom or Switzerland”;

(iii) in paragraph (3)(h), in the words before paragraph (i), for “an exempt person” there were substituted “a Swiss pharmacy technician”;

(iv) in paragraph (3)(i), in the words before paragraph (i), for “an exempt person” there were substituted “a Swiss pharmacy technician”;

(v) in paragraph (3)(j), in paragraphs (i) and (ii), for “an exempt person” there were substituted “a Swiss pharmacy technician”;

(vi) in paragraph (3)(k)—

(aa) in paragraph (i), for “an exempt person” there were substituted “a Swiss pharmacy technician”;

(bb) in paragraph (ii) “, whether or not the applicant is an exempt person,” were omitted;

(vii) paragraph (3ZA) were omitted;

(viii) in paragraph (12), for the definition of “attesting State” there were substituted—

““attesting State” means Switzerland;”.

(5) For the purposes of this paragraph—

“the Register” has the meaning given in article 3(1) of the 2010 Order, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day;

“Swiss pharmacy technician” means a qualifying applicant who had not, before IP completion day, made a registration application.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 paras. 44A, 44B inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (EFTA States) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1394), regs. 1(2), 10(4)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 44B in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)