The European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015

Made: 17th December 2015

Laid before Parliament: 21st December 2015

Coming into force: 18th January 2016

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PART 1 — General Provisions

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Application

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Competent authorities

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Functions of competent authorities in the United Kingdom

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Regulated profession, regulated education and training and applicants

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Professional qualifications and evidence of formal qualifications

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Partial access

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Procedure applicable to partial access applications

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PART 2 — Freedom to Provide Services on a Temporary and Occasional Basis

Right to practise in the United Kingdom

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Exemptions

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Declaration and documents to be provided on the first provision of service

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Title under which professional services are provided

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Checks for professions having public health or safety implications

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Non-compliance

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Administrative cooperation and service provision

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Information to be given to a recipient of professional services or service

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PART 3 — Applications for Authorisation

CHAPTER 1 — General System for the Recognition of Training

Levels of qualification

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Equal treatment of qualifications

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Conditions for recognition

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Compensation measures - adaptation periods and aptitude tests

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Conditions for compensation measures

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CHAPTER 2 — Recognition of Professional Experience

Automatic Recognition

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CHAPTER 3 — United Kingdom Certificates of Experience

Issue and revocation of Certificates of Experience

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CHAPTER 4 — General Provisions

Documentation and formalities

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Decisions of competent authorities

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Use of professional titles

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PART 4 — European Professional Card

Functions of designated competent authorities in the United Kingdom in relation to an application for a European Professional Card

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Processing and access to data regarding the European Professional Card

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Issue of European Professional Card for temporary and occasional provision of service other than those having public health or safety implications

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Issue of European Professional Card for temporary and occasional provision of services having public health or safety implications

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Issue of European Professional Card for establishment

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Decision on issue or revocation of the European Professional Card

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PART 5 — Automatic recognition on the basis of common training principles

Common training framework

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Common training test

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PART 6 — Supplementary

Exchange of information

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Alert mechanism

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Appeals

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Use of academic titles

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Assistance centre

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Information from competent authorities

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Review

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Consequential amendments

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Transitional and saving provisions

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Revocation

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SCHEDULE 1 — Regulated Professions

PART 1 — Professions Regulated by Law or Public Authority

Profession	Competent authority
Advocate in Scotland	The Faculty of Advocates
Airport Fire Officer	Civil Aviation Authority
Airport Fire Fighter
Analytical Chemist	The Royal Society of Chemistry
Barrister in England and Wales	General Council of the Bar
Barrister in Northern Ireland	The Bar of Northern Ireland, the Inn of Court of Northern Ireland
Licensed Boatmaster	Secretary of State
In England and Wales:	Security Industry Authority
Cash and Valuables in Transit Operative
Close Protection Operative
Door Supervisor
Public Space Surveillance Operative
Security Guard
Vehicle Immobiliser In Scotland and Northern Ireland: Cash and Valuables in Transit Operator Close Protection Operative Door Supervisor Public Space Surveillance Operative Security Guard In Northern Ireland: Vehicle Immobiliser
Chiropractor	The General Chiropractic Council
Child Psychotherapist employed in the National Health Service	Association of Child Psychotherapist
Licensed conveyancer Licensed CLC practitioner	The Council for Licensed Conveyancers
Deck Officer Class 1--Fishing Vessels	Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Deck Officer Class 2--Fishing Vessels
Deck Officer Class 3--Fishing Vessels
Engineer Class 1--Fishing Vessels
Engineer Class 2--Fishing Vessels
Dental Hygienist	General Dental Council
Dental Therapist
Clinical Dental Technician
Dental Nurse
Dental Technician
Orthodontic Therapist
Approved Driving Instructor (Great Britain)	Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency - Registrar, (Part V, section 123 of the Road Traffic Act 1988[^f00023] and the Motor Cars (Driving Instruction) Regulations 2005[^f00024])
Approved Driving Instructor (Northern Ireland)	Driver Vehicle Agency Northern Ireland
Farrier in England, Wales and Scotland	Farriers Registration Council
Harbour Pilot	The competent harbour authority within the meaning of section 1 of the Pilotage Act 1987[^f00025]
Registered Gas Engineer	Gas Safe Register
The following health and care professions	Health and Care Professions Council
Arts Therapist
Biomedical Scientist
Chiropodist and Podiatrist
Clinical Scientist
Dietitian
Hearing Aid Dispenser
Occupational Therapist
Operating Department Practitioner
Orthoptist
Paramedic
Physiotherapist
Prosthetist and Orthotist
Radiographer
Practitioner psychologist (a registered psychologist, clinical psychologist, counselling psychologist, educational psychologist, forensic psychologist, health psychologist, occupational psychologist or sport and exercise psychologist)
Social Worker in England
Speech and Language Therapist
Insolvency Practitioner	The Insolvency Practitioners Association
	Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland
	The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
	The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
	The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
	The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
	The Law Society of Northern Ireland
Inspector of Weights and Measures	Secretary of State
Inspector of Weights and Measures in Northern Ireland	Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland
Certified Instructor (Motor Cycles) (Great Britain)	Drivers and Vehicles Standards Agency
Approved Motorcycle Instructor (Northern Ireland)	Driver Vehicle Agency Northern Ireland
Diver	The Health and Safety Executive
Nurse (other than a nurse admitted to Sub-Part 1 of the nurses’ part of the register maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Council whose field of practice is adult nursing).	Nursing and Midwifery Council
Notary Public (England and Wales)	Master of the Faculties
Optometrist (Ophthalmic Optician)	General Optical Council
Dispensing Optician
Osteopath	General Osteopathic Council
Patent Attorney	The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys
Patent Agent
Pharmacy Technician in Great Britain	General Pharmaceutical Council
Principal of a further education institution in England	Secretary of State
Road/Street Works Operatives	Scottish Qualifications Authority City and Guilds of London Institute The Certification and Association Board for the Water Authority
Road/Street Works Supervisors	Scottish Qualifications Authority City and Guilds of London Institute The Certification and Association Board for the Water Authority
School Teacher in a publicly regulated school in England	The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) on behalf of the Secretary of State
School Teacher in a publicly regulated school in Northern Ireland	The General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland
School Teacher in a publicly regulated school in Scotland	The General Teaching Council for Scotland
School Teacher in a publicly regulated school in Wales	The Education Workforce Council
Social Worker in Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland Social Care Council
Social Worker in Scotland	Scottish Social Services Council
Social Worker in Wales Social Care Manager in Wales	Care Council for Wales
Solicitor in England and Wales	The Law Society
Solicitor in Northern Ireland	The Law Society of Northern Ireland
Solicitor in Scotland Conveyancing practitioner in Scotland Executry Practitioner in Scotland	The Law Society of Scotland
Costs lawyer	Association of Costs Lawyers
Chartered legal executive	Chartered Institute of Legal Executives
Teacher at a further education institution in England (within the meaning of the Education Act 2002)[^f00026]	Education and Training Foundation
Teacher at a further education institution in Wales (within meaning of the Education Act 2002)[^f00027]	Welsh Ministers
Certified Technically Competent Person in Scotland and Northern Ireland	Waste Management Industry Training and Advisory Board
Registered Trade Mark Attorney Registered Trade Mark Agent	The Institute of Trademark Attorneys
Listed Veterinary Nurse	The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

PART 2 — Professions Regulated by Professional Bodies Incorporated by Royal Charter

Professional Title (where applicable)	Designatory Letters	Competent Authority
Actuary	FIA	Institute and
	FFA AIA AFA	Faculty of Actuaries
Chartered Architectural Technologist	MCIAT	The Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists
Chartered Accountant	ACA	The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Chartered Accountant	ACA	The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
Chartered Accountant	CA	The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
Chartered Certified Accountant	ACCA	The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Chartered Arbitrator	FCIArb	The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators	ACIArb	The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators	MCIArb	The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Chartered Biologist	CBiol,	The Society of Biology
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Chartered Builder	MCIOB	The Chartered Institute of Building
Associate of the Chartered Institute of Building	ACIOB
Chartered Building Services Engineer	MCIBSE	The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
Chartered Building Surveyor	MRICS	The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Chartered Surveyor Chartered Arts and Antiques Surveyor; Chartered Building Surveyor; Chartered Building Control Surveyor; Chartered Civil Engineering Surveyor; Chartered Commercial Property Surveyor; Chartered Construction Surveyor; Chartered Engineering Surveyor; Chartered Environmental Surveyor; Chartered Facilities Management Surveyor; Chartered Forestry Surveyor; Chartered Hydrographic Surveyor; Chartered Land Surveyor; Chartered Machinery Valuation Surveyor; Chartered Management Consultancy Surveyor; Chartered Minerals Surveyor; Chartered Planning and Development Surveyor; Chartered Project Management Surveyor; Chartered Quantity Surveyor; Chartered Valuation Surveyor;	MRICS
Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors	AssocRICS
Chartered Chemical Engineer	MIChemE	The Institution of Chemical Engineers
Chartered Chemist	C Chem,	The Royal Society of Chemistry
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Chartered Civil Engineer	MICE	The Institution of Civil Engineers
Chartered Colourist	C Col.	The Society of Dyers and Colourists
Licentiate of the Society of Dyers and Colourists	LSDC
Chartered Energy Engineer	MEI FEI	Energy Institute
Chartered Petroleum Engineer	MEI FEI
Chartered Engineer	C Eng	Engineering Council UK
Incorporated Engineer;	I Eng
Engineering Technician; Information and Communications Technology Technician	EngTech ICTTech
Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner	MCIEH	The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
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Environmental Health Officer	MCIEH	The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
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Chartered Environmental Health Officer	Ch EHO MREHIS	The Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland
	Ch EHO FREHIS
Environmental Health Officer	EHO MREHIS	The Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland
	EHO FREHIS
Chartered Forester Chartered Arboriculturist	MICFor	The Institute of Chartered Foresters
Chartered Gas Engineer	MIGEM	The Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers
Chartered Geologist	CGeol	The Geological Society
Chartered Geographer	CGeog FGS	The Royal Geographical Society
Housing Practitioner	MCIH	The Chartered Institute of Housing
Chartered IT Professional	CITP	The British Computer Society
Registered IT Technician	RIITech	The Chartered Institute for IT
Chartered Insurer	ACII	The Chartered Insurance Institute
Chartered Insurance Practitioner	ACII
Chartered Insurance Broker	ACII
Chartered Financial Planner	APFS	The Chartered Insurance Institute
Chartered Loss Adjuster	ACILA	The Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters
Chartered Management Accountant	ACMA	The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Chartered Manager	Member MCMI Chartered Member CMGR MCMI Fellow FCMI Chartered Fellow CMGR FCMI	Chartered Management Institute
Chartered Marine Engineer	CMarENG	The Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology
Chartered Marketer	MCIM	The Chartered Institute of Marketing
Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing	ACIM	The Chartered Institute of Marketing
Chartered Mathematician	C Math	The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Chartered Mathematics teacher	C MathTeach	The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Chartered Measurement And Control Technologist	MlnstMC	The Institute of Measurement and Control
Chartered Meteorologist	CMet	The Royal Meteorological Society
Chartered Physicist	CPhys	The Institute of Physics
	MInstP
Chartered Public Finance Accountant	CIPFA	The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Dance Registered Teacher of the Royal Academy of Dance	LTRAD RTRAD	Royal Academy of Dance
Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner	CMIOSH CFIOSH	The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
Chartered Scientist	CSci	Science Council
Chartered Secretary	ACIS	The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
Chartered Shipbroker	MICS	The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers
Chartered Statistician	CStat	Royal Statistical Society
Chartered Structural Engineer	MIStructE	The Institution of Structural Engineers
Chartered Tax Adviser	CTA	Chartered Institute of Taxation
Chartered Textile Technologist	CText ATI	The Textile Institute
Licentiate of the Textile Institute	LTI
Chartered Town Planner	MRTPI	The Royal Town Planning Institute
Chartered Waste Manager	MCIWM	The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management
Chartered Banker	MCIBS	The Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland
Associate of the ifs School of Finance (Aifs)	Aifs	IfS School of Finance
Certified Affiliate of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals	ACLIP MCLIP FCILIP	The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
FCLIP The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
	M Hort (RHS)	The Royal Horticultural Society
Chartered Water and Environment Manager	MCIWEM	The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology	MIET	The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers	MIMechE	The Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Member of the Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining (MIMMM)	MIMMM	The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
Landscape Architect	CMLI	The Landscape Institute
Member, Royal Aeronautical Society Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society	MRAeS FRAeS	The Royal Aeronautical Society
Naval Architect	MRINA	The Royal Institution of Naval Architects
Chartered geographer		Royal Geographical Society

PART 3 — Regulated Professions Under Regulation 35

Profession	Competent authority
Farrier in England, Wales and Scotland	Farriers Registration Council

PART 4 — Sectoral Professions

Profession	Competent authority
Architect	Architects Registration Board
Dental practitioner	General Dental Council
Doctor with basic training	General Medical Council
Doctor:
Specialist doctor	The General Medical Council.
General practitioner
Nurse and midwife	Nursing and Midwifery Council
Pharmacist in England, Wales and Scotland	General Pharmaceutical Council
Pharmacist in Northern Ireland	Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland
Veterinary Surgeon	Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

SCHEDULE 2 — Regulated Professions Having Public Health or Safety Implications for the purposes of regulations 19 to 23 and 51 to 55.

Arts Therapist
Biomedical Scientist
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Chiropodist and Podiatrist
Chiropractor
Clinical Dental Technician
Clinical Scientist
Dental Hygienist
Dental Nurse
Dental Technician
Dental Therapist
Dietitian
Dispensing Optician
Environmental Health Officer
Hearing Aid Dispenser
Listed Veterinary Nurse
Nurse (other than a nurse admitted to Sub-Part 1 of the nurses' part of the register maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Council whose field of practice is adult nursing)
Nursing Associate in England
Occupational Therapist
Operating Department Practitioner
Optometrist (Ophthalmic Optician)
Orthodontic Therapist
Orthoptist
Osteopath
Paramedic
Pharmacy Technician in Great Britain
Physiotherapist
Prosthetist and Orthotist
Radiographer
Registered Gas Engineer
Practitioner psychologist (that is to say, a registered psychologist, clinical psychologist, counselling psychologist, educational psychologist, forensic psychologist, health psychologist, occupational psychologist or sport and exercise psychologist)
Social Worker in England
Social Worker in Northern Ireland
Social Worker in Scotland
Social Worker in Wales
Social Care Manager in Wales
Sole proprietor of nurseries or pre-schools
Speech and Language Therapist

SCHEDULE 3 — Professions in Respect of which the Right of the Applicant to Choose Between an Adaptation Period and an Aptitude Test is Displaced

PART 1 — Professions Under Regulation 34(a)

Profession	Requirement
Advocate in Scotland	Aptitude test
Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants	Aptitude test
Barrister in England and Wales	Aptitude test
Barrister Northern Ireland	Aptitude test
Certified Accountant	Aptitude test
Chartered Accountant in England and Wales	Aptitude test
Chartered Accountant in Scotland	Aptitude test
Chartered Accountant Northern Ireland	Aptitude test
Chartered legal executive	Aptitude test
Chartered Tax Adviser	Aptitude test
Conveyancing practitioner in Scotland	Aptitude test
Costs lawyer	Aptitude test
Executry Practitioner in Scotland	Aptitude test
Insolvency Practitioner	Aptitude test
Licensed CLC practitioner	Adaptation Period
Licensed conveyancer	Adaptation Period
Notary Public in England and Wales	Aptitude test
Patent Agent	Aptitude test
Patent Attorney	Aptitude test
Public Finance Accountant	Aptitude test
Registered Trade Mark Agent	Aptitude test
Registered Trade Mark Attorney	Aptitude test
Solicitor in England and Wales	Aptitude test
Solicitor in Northern Ireland	Aptitude test
Solicitor in Scotland	Aptitude test

PART 2 — Professions Under Regulation 34(b)

Profession	Requirement
Architect	Aptitude test
Dental practitioner	Aptitude test
Doctor	Adaptation period
Nurse and midwife	Adaptation period
Pharmacist	Adaptation period
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SCHEDULE 4 — Activities Referred to in Lists I, II and III of Annex IV of the Directive

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SCHEDULE 5 — Appeal Bodies

Profession	Body, court or person
Advocate in Scotland	The Court of Session
Barrister in England and Wales	The High Court
Barrister in Northern Ireland	The Benchers of the Honourable Society of the Inn of Court of Northern Ireland
Licensed Cab Driver (London)	A Magistrates’ Court
Approved Driving Instructor (Great Britain)	First-tier Tribunal
Approved Driving Instructor (Northern Ireland)	The Magistrates’ Court
Approved Motorcycle Instructor (Northern Ireland)	The Magistrates’ Court
Notary Public in England and Wales	The Lord Chancellor
Patent Attorney Patent Agent Registered Trade Mark Agent Registered Trade Mark Attorney	The Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks
School Teacher in a publicly regulated school in Scotland	The Court of Session
Social Worker in Northern Ireland	Social Care Tribunal
Social Worker in Wales	First-tier Tribunal
Solicitor in England and Wales	The High Court
Solicitor in Northern Ireland	The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
Solicitor in Scotland	The Court of Session

SCHEDULE 6 — Revocation Schedule

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Article 4 (1) Schedule 4, Part 3, paragraphs 33(a) and 33(b)

Signed

Neville-Rolfe — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Intellectual Property — 2015-12-17

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2002/248, S.I. 1995/3207, S.I. 2003/2901. Under section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), despite the transfer to Scottish Ministers of functions in relation to implementation obligations under Union law in relation to certain matters by virtue of section 53 of that Act, the function of the Secretary of State in relation to any matter continues to be exercisable by him as regards Scotland for the purposes specified in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.

[^f00002]: 1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7).

[^f00003]: Paragraph 1A was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51).

[^f00004]: S.I. 2007/2781.

[^f00005]: OJ No L 255, 30.9.2005, p.22.

[^f00006]: OJ No L 281, 23.11.1995, p 31.

[^f00007]: OJ No L 201, 31.7.2002, p 37.

[^f00008]: OJ No L 274, 20.10.2009, p 36.

[^f00009]: 1978 c.30.

[^f00010]: OJ No L 159, 25.6.2015, p 27.

[^f00011]: S.I. 1978/1910 amended by S.I. 1980/1964, 1981/228, 2003/435, 2004/1117, 2008/81 and 2013/1605, S.S.I 2004/186, 2007/359 and 2013/177.

[^f00012]: 2006 c.46.

[^f00013]: OJ No L 13, 9.1.2000, p.12.

[^f00014]: OJ No L 53, 26.2.2011, p.66.

[^f00015]: OJ No. L145, 13.6.1977, p.1.

[^f00016]: ECCTIS Limited is a private limited company registered in England and Wales with company number 2405026.

[^f00017]: The subject matter and procedure for issue of a European Professional Card are set out in the Implementing Regulation 2015.

[^f00018]: S.I. 2000/1119, amended by S.I. 2009/1587; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

[^f00019]: S.I. 2003/1662, amended by S.I. 2007/2782.

[^f00020]: S.I. 2009/2999, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00021]: S.I. 2009/1976, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00022]: S.I. 2012/1115.

[^f00023]: 1988 c.52.

[^f00024]: S.I.2005/1902 to which there are amendments not relevant to this Schedule.

[^f00025]: 1987 c.21.

[^f00026]: 2002 c.32.

[^f00027]: 2002 c.32.

Regulated profession, regulated education and training and applicants

Professional qualifications and evidence of formal qualifications

Partial access

Procedure applicable to partial access applications

Exemptions

Declaration and documents to be provided on the first provision of service

Title under which professional services are provided

Checks for professions having public health or safety implications

Non-compliance

Administrative cooperation and service provision

Information to be given to a recipient of professional services or service

Conditions for compensation measures

Decisions of competent authorities

Use of professional titles

Issue of European Professional Card for temporary and occasional provision of service other than those having public health or safety implications

Issue of European Professional Card for temporary and occasional provision of services having public health or safety implications

Issue of European Professional Card for establishment

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Transitional and saving provisions

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