Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976

[F1 Relevant European qualifications N.I.

8A.— (1) Subject to the following provisions of this Article, a qualification falls within this Article if it was awarded in a relevant European State and is listed in Annex V, point 5.6.2 of the Directive.

(2) A qualification falls within this Article only if it is accompanied, where applicable, by the certificate listed in relation to the qualification in the column entitled “Certificate accompanying the diploma” in Annex V, point 5.6.2 of the Directive.

(3) A qualification does not fall within this Article if it was awarded before the reference date, or is evidence of training begun before that date.

(4) In this Article—

(a) “the Directive” means Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7th September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (OJ No L255, 30.09.2005, p22); and references in this Article to the Directive or to a provision of the Directive is a reference to the Directive, or to that provision, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day;

(b) “reference date” means the date listed in relation to the State in which the qualification was awarded in the column entitled “Reference date” in Annex V, point 5.6.2 of the Directive;

(c) “relevant European State” means an EEA State or Switzerland.]

F1 Arts. 8A, 8ZA substituted for art. 8A (31.12.2020) by The European Qualifications (Pharmacists) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.I. 2019/585), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 8 (with Sch. Pt. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, reg. 20(5)(7)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)