S. 49B(2)(a) omitted (11.2.2010 for specified purposes, 1.4.2010 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/234), art. 1(3)(4), Sch. 1 para. 15(a); S.I. 2010/478, art. 2(b)

S. 49B(3) substituted (11.2.2010 for specified purposes, 1.4.2010 in so far as not already in force) by The General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/234), art. 1(3)(4), Sch. 1 para. 15(b); S.I. 2010/478, art. 2(b)

Words in s. 49B(4) substituted (3.11.2008) by The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1774), art. 1(5), Sch. 1 para. 16; S.I. 2008/2556, art. 2(1)(a)

Words in s. 49B(7) inserted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 22 (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/54/section/49B/2018-05-25Medical Act 1983An Act to consolidate the Medical Acts 1956 to 1978 and certain related provisions, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.1983-07-26texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-17Expert Participation2018-05-25Part VII Miscellaneous and General
49BThe Directive: designation of competent authority etc.(1)

The General Council is designated as the competent authority in the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Directive so far as relating to the medical profession.

(2)

The designation under subsection (1)—

(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

does not extend to the awarding of primary United Kingdom qualifications.

(3)

...

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Accordingly, the General Council shall, in the United Kingdom, carry out (in particular) the functions specified in Schedule 4A.

(4)

The bodies and combinations of bodies included in the list maintained under section 4(1) are designated as competent authorities in the United Kingdom for the purposes of awarding primary United Kingdom qualifications.

(5)

Subject to subsection (6), the Secretary of State may give directions to the General Council in connection with their functions specified in Schedule 4A, and it shall be the duty of the General Council to comply with any such directions.

(6)

Directions given under subsection (5) may be as to matters of administration only.

(7)

In Schedule 4A

the GDPR” means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation), read with Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Data Protection Act 2018;

non-UK medical qualification” means a medical qualification that is awarded to a person by a competent authority of a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom.

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