The Health Care and Associated Professions (Knowledge of English) Order 2015

Notification by the Registrar: entry and renewal

50.—(1) Article 24 (notification by the Registrar: entry and renewal) is amended as follows.

(2) After paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A) Paragraph (2B) applies if—

(a) A has paid any fee prescribed under article 36(1)(a); and

(b) the Registrar is satisfied that A falls within article 21(1)(b) or (c) or article 22(1)(b); but

(c) the Registrar decides to make a request under article 23A(4).

(2B) The Registrar must notify A that the registrar recognises that A, by virtue of falling within article 21(1)(b) or (c) or 22(1)(b), is entitled to be registered in Part 1 of the Register as a pharmacist or in Part 2 of the Register as a pharmacy technician (as the case may be), subject to meeting any other requirements for registration.”.

(3) For paragraph (4) substitute—

“(4) Any failure by the Registrar to inform A of—

(a) a decision by the Registrar for the purposes of article 24(2B) that article 24(2A)(b) does not apply in relation to the person; or

(b) the result of the application as required by paragraph (3)(a),

is to constitute a decision by the Registrar for the purposes of article 24(2B) that article 24(2A)(b) does not apply in relation to the person, or a decision by the Registrar to refuse the application (as the case may be) which is to be taken as having been made at the end of the specified period.”.

(4) At the beginning of paragraph (5) insert “Subject to paragraph (5A),”.

(5) After paragraph (5) insert—

“(5A) In calculating any period of time for the purposes of paragraph (5), the following are to be disregarded—

(a) any period which begins on the date on which the Registrar makes a request under article 23A(4) and ends on the date on which A complies with the request; or

(b) any period which begins on the date on which the Registrar requires the applicant to undergo an examination or other assessment under article 23A(6)(a) and ends on the date on which the applicant complies with the requirement under article 23A(6)(b).”.

(6) After paragraph (11) insert—

“(12) A document that is requested or required under article 23A(4) or (6)(b) is not to be treated as missing for the purposes of this article.”.