The European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2007

Conditions for compensation measures

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

26.  Where a requirement is imposed under regulation 25(1), the choice between an adaptation period and aptitude test shall be that of the applicant except:

(a)in the regulated professions set out in the first column of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 3, whose pursuit requires precise knowledge of national law and in respect of which the provision of advice and/or assistance concerning national law is an essential and constant aspect of the professional activity, where the requirements set out in the second column of that table in respect of each profession shall apply, or

(b)in cases specified in—

(i)regulation 3(9)(a) and (b),

(ii)regulation 3(9)(c) concerning only doctors and dental practitioners,

(iii)regulation 3(9)(d), where the applicant is a specialist nurse without training as a general nurse and seeks recognition in the United Kingdom where the relevant professional activities are pursued by nurses responsible for general care or specialised nurses holding evidence of formal qualifications as a specialist which follows the training leading to the possession of the titles listed in Annex V, point 5.2.2, or

(iv)regulation 3(9)(e),

where for each of the professions set out in the first column of the table in Part 2 of Schedule 3, the requirements set out in the second column of that table shall apply.