Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 1386
health care and associated professions
doctors
The Medical Act 1983 (Qualifying Examinations) Order 2007
Made
2nd May 2007
Coming into force
6th June 2007
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 2nd day of May 2007
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
This Order in Council is made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(2) of the Medical Act 1983(1).
It appears to the Education Committee of the General Medical Council that the standard of proficiency required from candidates at examinations held or to be held for the purpose of granting one or more primary United Kingdom qualifications by the following universities and combinations of universities does or will conform to the prescribed standard of proficiency(2): the University of Warwick; Cardiff University; the University of East Anglia; and a combination of the University of Exeter and the University of Plymouth.
In accordance with section 8(1) of that Act, the Education Committee has represented to the Privy Council that those examinations should become qualifying examinations for the purposes of Part 2 of that Act.
Accordingly, and giving effect to those representations, Her Majesty is pleased to make the following Order in Council by and with the advice of Her Privy Council.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Medical Act 1983 (Qualifying Examinations) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 6th June 2007.
Addition of new bodies to the list of bodies entitled to hold qualifying examinations
2. In section 4 of the Medical Act 1983 (qualifying examinations and primary United Kingdom qualifications), in subsection (2), after paragraph (aa)(3) insert—
“(ab)the University of Warwick;
(ac)Cardiff University;
(ad)the University of East Anglia;
(ae)a combination of the University of Exeter and the University of Plymouth;”.
Christine Cook
Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends section 4(2) of the Medical Act 1983 by adding the University of Warwick, Cardiff University, the University of East Anglia and a combination of the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth (which operate together as Peninsula Medical School) to the list of bodies or combinations of bodies that may hold qualifying examinations for primary United Kingdom qualifications. Obtaining a primary United Kingdom qualification allows a person to be provisionally registered as a medical practitioner, provided that his fitness to practise is not impaired and the appropriate fees have been paid.
See section 5(4) of the Medical Act 1983, which contains the relevant definition of “prescribed standard of proficiency”.
Inserted by S.I. 2000/1841.