The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 No. 1914

PART 3 Programmes for provisionally registered doctors, education functions and connected matters

Amendment of section 21 of the Act

28.  In section 21(1) (which relates to provisional registration)—

(a) for subsection (1) substitute the following subsection—

“(1) The following provisions shall have effect for enabling persons wishing to satisfy the Registrar of the matters specified in section 19(1)(b) above to participate in an acceptable programme for provisionally registered doctors.”; and

(b) for subsection (3) substitute the following subsection—

“(3) A person provisionally registered under this section shall be deemed to be registered under section 19 above as a fully registered medical practitioner so far as is necessary to enable him to participate in an acceptable programme for provisionally registered doctors but not further.”,

and in the heading of section 21, after “provisional registration” add “of EEA nationals etc. with certain overseas qualifications”.

(1)

Section 21(1) was amended by S.I. 2002/3135 and section 21(3) was amended by the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997, Schedule 2, paragraph 61(5).