The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

PART 1 U.K. Amendments to legislation

Interpretation U.K.

1.  In this Schedule, “ the 1994 Act” means the Chiropractors Act 1994 M1 .

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 7 para. 1 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

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M1 1994 c. 17.

Chiropractors Act 1994 U.K.

2.  The 1994 Act is amended as follows.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 7 para. 2 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

3.  Omit section 5A (registration of visiting European chiropractors) M2 . U.K.

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. 7 para. 3 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

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M2 Section 5A was inserted by S.I. 2007/3101. Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2016/1030.

4.  In section 6 (supplemental provision about registration) M3 — U.K.

(a) in subsection (1)(a), for “, provisional or temporary” substitute “ or provisional ”;

(b) in subsection (2), for “Subject to subsection (4A), the” substitute “ The ”;

(c) omit subsection (4A);

(d) in subsection (5), omit “, except in the case of temporary registration,”;

(e) omit subsection (6).

Commencement Information

I4 Sch. 7 para. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

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M3 Subsections (4A) and (6) were added by S.I. 2007/3101. Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2007/3101.

5.  In section 8 (restoration to the register) M4 , in subsection (8), for “, provisionally registered chiropractors or temporarily registered chiropractors” substitute “ or provisionally registered chiropractors ”. U.K.

Commencement Information

I5 Sch. 7 para. 5 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

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M4 Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2007/3101.

6.  In section 14 (recognition of qualifications) M5 — U.K.

(a) after subsection (2), insert—

“(2A) A qualification that—

(a) was granted by an institution in a relevant European State, and

(b) is, in the opinion of the General Council, evidence of having reached a standard of proficiency comparable to that evidenced by a qualification recognised under subsection (2),

is to be treated for the purposes of this Act as if it were so recognised.”;

(b) in subsection (3), after “qualification”, where it first occurs, insert “ (not being one to which subsection (2A) applies) ”;

(c) omit subsections (10) and (11).

Commencement Information

I6 Sch. 7 para. 6 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

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M5 Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2011/1043.

7.  In section 17 (post registration training) M6 , omit subsections (2A) to (2D). U.K.

Commencement Information

I7 Sch. 7 para. 7 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

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M6 Subsections (2A) to (2D) were inserted by S.I. 2007/3101. Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2008/1774.

8.  In section 29 (appeals against decisions of the Registrar) M7 , omit subsection (1)(ba). U.K.

Commencement Information

I8 Sch. 7 para. 8 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

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M7 Subsection (1)(ba) was inserted by S.I. 2007/3101.

9.  Omit section 29A (appeals against decisions of the General Council) M8 . U.K.

Commencement Information

I9 Sch. 7 para. 9 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

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M8 Section 29A was inserted by S.I. 2007/3101. Relevant amendments made by Schedule 9 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013. Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2016/1030.

10.  In section 37 (indemnity arrangements) M9 , omit subsection (2). U.K.

Commencement Information

I10 Sch. 7 para. 10 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

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M9 Section 37 was substituted by S.I. 2014/1887.

11.  In section 43 (interpretation) M10 — U.K.

(a) omit the definitions of “exempt person”, “the General Systems Regulations”, and “temporarily registered chiropractor”;

(b) in the definition of “registered chiropractor”, for the words after “conditionally registered chiropractor” substitute “ or as a provisionally registered chiropractor ”.

Commencement Information

I11 Sch. 7 para. 11 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

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M10 Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/3101, 2011/1043, 2016/1030.

General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999 U.K.

12.  In the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999 M11 —

(a) in rule 2 (interpretation), omit paragraph (2A);

(b) in rule 3 (form of register), in paragraph (4)(a), for “, provisionally registered and temporarily” substitute “ and provisionally ”;

(c) in rule 6 (certificates), in paragraph (2), for “, provisionally or temporarily” substitute “ or provisionally ”.

Commencement Information

I12 Sch. 7 para. 12 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

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M11 As set out in the Schedule to the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules Order of Council 1999 (S.I. 1999/1856). Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2007/3101.

General Chiropractic Council (Registration of Chiropractors with Foreign Qualifications) Rules 2002 U.K.

13.  In the General Chiropractic Council (Registration of Chiropractors with Foreign Qualifications) Rules 2002 M12 —

(a) in rule 2 (interpretation), omit the definition of “the Directive”;

(b) for the heading of Part 2 substitute “ Applications by chiropractors with foreign qualifications ”;

(c) in rule 4 (application of Part 2)—

(i) at the end of paragraph (a), insert “ and ”;

(ii) omit paragraph (c) and the “and” before it;

(d) in rule 5 (treatment of foreign qualifications)—

(i) in paragraphs (1) and (2), omit “, subject to paragraph (3),”;

(ii) omit paragraph (3);

(e) in rule 6 (required standard of proficiency)—

(i) in paragraph (1), for “Subject to paragraph (1A), in” substitute “ In ”;

(ii) omit paragraph (1A);

(f) omit Part 3 (chiropractors entitled to be authorised under EU law);

(g) in the Schedule, omit Form B.

Commencement Information

I13 Sch. 7 para. 13 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M12 As set out in the Schedule to the General Chiropractic Council (Registration of Chiropractors with Foreign Qualifications) Rules Order of Council 2002 (S.I. 2002/2704). Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/3101, 2011/1043.