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The Provision of Services Regulations 2009
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- 2009 No. 2999
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31.—(1) This regulation applies where a competent authority requires the provider or recipient of a service to supply a certificate, attestation or any other document proving that a requirement has been satisfied.
(2) The competent authority must accept any document—
(a)which serves an equivalent purpose, or
(b)from which it is clear that the requirement has been satisfied.
(3) The competent authority may not require a document to be produced in its original form, or as a certified copy or certified translation, except—
(a)as provided for in [F1other retained EU law], or
(b)where such a requirement is justified by an overriding reason relating to the public interest, including public order and security.
(4) This regulation does not prevent a competent authority from requiring a non-certified translation of a document into English.
(5) This regulation does not apply to the documents referred to in—
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(f)sections 17 and 396 of the Companies Act 2006 M1;
(g)[F3regulations 60(1) F4..., 60(4) and (5) and 62 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015];
[F5(h)regulations 61(1), 61(4) and (5) and 63 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015;]
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(j)the Overseas Companies Regulations 2009 M2.
[F7(k)regulations [F838 and 39] of the European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015.]
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F1Words in reg. 31(3)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Provision of Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1329), regs. 1(1), 17(1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Reg. 31(5)(a)-(e) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Provision of Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1329), regs. 1(1), 17(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in reg. 31(5)(g) substituted (26.2.2015) by The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/102), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 16
F4Words in reg. 31(5)(g) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1319), regs. 1(2), 15(2) (with Sch. para. 3, 4)
F5Reg. 31(5)(h) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Provision of Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1329), regs. 1(1), 17(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in reg. 31(5) omitted (18.1.2016) by The European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/2059), regs. 1, 75(2) (with reg. 78)
F7Reg. 31(5)(k) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Provision of Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1329), regs. 1(1), 17(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8Words in reg. 31(5)(k) substituted (1.12.2023) by The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1286), reg. 1, Sch. 4 para. 9(2)
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