10.—(1) Without prejudice to its other powers and functions, a designated authority shall have the functions of considering applications and granting authorisations under these Regulations.
(2) If, for purposes other than those of these Regulations, a designated authority has as its function or one of its functions the conferring of a professional title or designatory letters then for the purposes of paragraph (1) as it affects that body the function of authorising the practice of a profession or activity shall include the authorising of the use of that professional title or those designatory letters.
(3) Nothing in this Regulation shall be taken to require a designated authority to authorise the practice of any profession save in so far as it has that function in relation to the holders of the relevant UK qualification.