[F15(1)Subject to paragraph 6 below, on or after the date notified to the Commission by Italy, Spain or Austria as that on which that State implemented Community Council Directive No. 78/686/EEC, a diploma in medicine awarded in the State to a person who began medical training at a university before the relevant date is an appropriate European diploma for the purposes of section 15(1)(b) of this Act where that person produces to the registrar a certificate issued by the competent authority of the State certifying that—U.K.
(a)he has effectively, lawfully and principally practised dentistry in the State for at least three consecutive years during the five years preceding the date of issue of the certificate; and
(b)he is authorised to practise dentistry under the same conditions as holders of the State’s scheduled European diploma.
(2)In this paragraph “the relevant date” means—
(a)28th January 1980 in relation to Italy;
(b)1st January 1986 in relation to Spain; and
(c)1st January 1994 in relation to Austria.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 5 substituted (1.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1496 , reg. 3(7)