16.—(1) Section 21C (provisional registration of persons with an overseas qualification)(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1), after “section 21B(1)(b)” insert “or (1C)(c)”.
(3) In subsection (2)(a), for “(d) and (e)” substitute “and (d)”.
(4) After subsection (2), insert—
“(2A) Subsection (2)(b) does not apply to a person who makes an application under this section on or after exit day and who—
(a)has passed all of the qualifying examinations necessary for obtaining (but does not hold) a relevant European qualification within section 21B(3)(a) or (b), or
(b)holds, or has passed all of the qualifying examinations necessary for obtaining, a relevant European qualification within section 21B(3)(c).
(2B) Where an exempt person has made an application to the General Council, before exit day, to be provisionally registered under this section and satisfies the Registrar—
(a)of the matters specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of section 21B(1C) above so far as they are matters of which the Registrar would in the person’s case have to be satisfied in order for the person to be eligible to benefit from a direction under that subsection, and
(b)that the person possesses the knowledge and skill requisite for embarking upon an acceptable programme for provisionally registered doctors,
the person shall, if the Council think fit so to direct, be provisionally registered under this section.”.
Section 21C was inserted by S.I. 2006/1914. Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2007/3101.