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21.—(1) For the purposes of article 20(1)(a)(i), a person (“P”) is “appropriately qualified” as a pharmacist if—
(a)P has a qualification awarded in Great Britain which has been approved by the Council as attesting to a standard of proficiency for the safe and effective practice of pharmacy that, in the Council’s opinion, it is necessary for a person to achieve in order to be entered in Part 1 of the Register F1...;
F2(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . or
(d)F4... P has, elsewhere than in Great Britain, undergone training as a pharmacist, and—
(i)holds a qualification which has been approved by the Council as attesting to a standard of proficiency for the safe and effective practice of pharmacy that, in the Council’s opinion, it is necessary for a person to achieve in order to be entered in Part 1 of the Register, or
(ii)holds a qualification which—
F5(aa). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(bb)F6... taken together with the additional education, training or experience that the Registrar requires P to undertake pursuant to article 20(1)(a)(iii), indicates that P has met the standard of proficiency for the safe and effective practice of pharmacy that, in the Council’s opinion, it is necessary for a person to achieve in order to be entered in Part 1 of the Register.
[F7(1A) A relevant European qualification is to be treated as a qualification which has been approved under paragraph (1)(d)(i).
(1B) In this article “relevant European qualification” means—
(a)a qualification that falls within article 21A and has not been designated by the Council for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, or
(b)a qualification in pharmacy that does not fall within article 21A but—
(i)was granted in a relevant European State, and
(ii)attests, in the opinion of the Council, to a comparable standard of proficiency to that attested to by a qualification approved under paragraph (1)(a).
(1C) The Council—
(a)may designate a qualification for the purposes of paragraph (1B)(a) only with the approval of the Privy Council;
(b)must maintain and publish a list of the qualifications that are so designated.]
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F8(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F9(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 21(1)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(2)(a) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 2 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 10(3)-(7)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Art. 21(1)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(2)(b) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 2 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 10(3)-(7)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Art. 21(1)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(2)(c) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 2 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 10(3)-(7)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in art. 21(1)(d) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(2)(d)(i) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 2 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 10(3)-(7)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Art. 21(1)(d)(ii)(aa) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(2)(d)(ii) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 2 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 10(3)-(7)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in art. 21(1)(d)(ii)(bb) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(2)(d)(iii) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 2 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 10(3)-(7)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Art. 21(1A)-(1C) inserted (31.12.2020) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(3) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 2 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 10(3)-(7)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8Art. 21(2)-(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(4) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 2 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 10(3)-(7)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9Art. 21(6) omitted (1.6.2016) by virtue of The Health Care and Associated Professions (Knowledge of English) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/806), arts. 1(3), 47; S.I. 2015/1451, art. 6(b)
Commencement Information
I1Art. 21 in force at 10.2.2010 for specified purposes, see art. 1(3)
I2Art. 21 in force at 27.9.2010 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2010/1621, art. 2(1), Sch.
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