The European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) (Second General System) Regulations 1996

Conditions affecting the requirement of evidence of professional experience

18.—(1) The period of professional experience evidence of which may be required of a migrant shall not exceed the shorter of—

(i) in a case in which the shortfall between the duration of the education and training required by the designated authority and the duration of the education and training evidence of which has been adduced by the migrant (“the shortfall”) relates to a post-secondary course, or to a period of probationary practice carried out under the supervision of a qualified member of the profession and ending with an examination, or to both, a period twice the duration of the shortfall;

(ii) in a case in which the shortfall relates to practice of the profession acquired with the assistance of a qualified member of the profession, a period equal to the shortfall;

(iii) four years.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) above, in a case in which the UK Diploma evidences a course of education and training listed in Part II of Schedule 5 and in which the migrant’s claim to recognition rests on paragraphs 9 of Schedule 4, the duration of the education and training of which evidence has been adduced by the migrant shall be taken to be the duration of the post-secondary education and training of which it is the recognised equivalent.

(3) In a case in which, during the previous ten years, the migrant has pursued the profession either full-time for at least two years or part-time for an equivalent period in another relevant State which does not regulate the profession, the period of professional experience of which evidence may be required under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by the duration of that pursuit.