Interpretation of saved provisions
25. Where a provision continues to apply by virtue of this Part, it is to be read as if—
(a)in Schedule 3 to the 2001 Order, in paragraph (1)—
(i)there were inserted at the appropriate place—
““enforceable EU right” means a right recognised and available in domestic law, immediately before exit day, by virtue of section 2(1) of the European Communities Act 1972;”;
(ii)in the definition of “exempt person”, for paragraphs (a) to (c) there were substituted—
“(a)a person who, immediately before exit day, was a national of a relevant European State,
(b)a person who, immediately before exit day, was a national of the United Kingdom and, at that time, was seeking access to, or pursuing, a relevant profession by virtue of an enforceable EU right, or
(c)a person who, immediately before exit day, was not a national of a relevant European State, but at that time was, by virtue of an enforceable EU right, entitled to be treated, for the purposes of access to and pursuit of a relevant profession, no less favourably than a national of a relevant European State;”;
(iii)in the definition of “General Systems Regulations”, at the end there were inserted—
“—
in relation to anything done before exit day, as they had effect at that time;
otherwise, as (and only to the extent that) they have effect, on or after exit day, in relation to an entitlement which arose before exit day or arises as a result of something done before exit day;”;
(iv)in the definition of “national”, for “is not” there were substituted “was not, immediately before exit day”;
(b)in rule 2 of the Health and Care Professions Council (Registration and Fees) Rules 2003, in the definition of “competent authority”, after “professional qualifications” there were inserted “(as it had effect immediately before exit day)”;
(c)in any reference to a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom, the words “other than the United Kingdom” were omitted.