The Veterinary Surgeons’ Qualifications (European Recognition and Knowledge of Language) Regulations 2015

Amendment of Schedule 1B

14.  In Schedule 1B (visiting veterinary surgeons from relevant European states)—

(a) for paragraph 4(b), substitute—

“(b) where the practitioner’s case falls within regulation 3(8)(a), (c) or (e) of the European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015, the provision by the practitioner of occasional services is in accordance with regulations 19 to 23 of those Regulations (the practitioner having, in particular, successfully completed any adaptation period, or passed any aptitude test, that the practitioner may be required to take under Part 2 of those Regulations),”; and

(b) in paragraph 5(3)—

(i) omit the word “and” immediately preceding sub-paragraph (d); and

(ii) at the end, before the full stop, insert—

“; and

(e) evidence that the practitioner has a knowledge of language sufficient to practise as a veterinary surgeon in the United Kingdom”.