Amendment of section 6 (qualification for registration as a Commonwealth or foreign practitioner)U.K.
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10.—(1) In section 6, after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A) The Council, when deciding for the purposes of this section what standard of knowledge and skill is required to fit a person for practising veterinary surgery in the United Kingdom, must select a standard that is the same as, or exceeds, the standard of knowledge and skill that would be possessed by a person holding qualifications satisfying the minimum training requirements of Article 38 of Directive 2005/36/EC, as read with Article 22(a) of Directive 2005/36/EC.”.
(2) In section 6(2), for “the said knowledge and skill” substitute “the requisite knowledge and skill to fit the person for practising veterinary surgery in the United Kingdom”.