The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007

Amendment of regulation 2

136.—(1) Regulation 2(1) (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1)—

(a) after the definition of “CCST” insert—

““competent authority” means any authority or body of a relevant European State designated by that State for the purposes of the Directive as competent to—

(a)

receive or issue evidence of qualifications or other information or documents, or

(b)

receive applications and take the decisions referred to in the Directive,

in connection with practice as a specialist dentist in orthodontics or oral surgery;;”;

(b) for the definition of “the Dental Training Directive” substitute—

““the Directive” means Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7th September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications(2), and references in these Regulations to any provision of the Directive are references to that provision of the Directive as amended from time to time;”;

(c) omit the definition of “EEA”;

(d) omit the definition of “EEA Agreement”;

(e) omit the definition of “EEA State”;

(f) for the definition of “exempt person” substitute—

““exempt person” means—

(a)

a national of a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom;

(b)

a national of the United Kingdom who is seeking access to, or is pursuing, the profession of dentistry by virtue of an enforceable Community right; or

(c)

a person who is not a national of a relevant European State but who is, by virtue of an enforceable Community right, entitled to be treated, for the purposes of access to and pursuit of the profession of dentistry, no less favourably than a national of a relevant European State;”;

(g) after the definition of “GDC” insert—

““General Systems Regulations” means the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2007(3);”;

(h) in the definition of “national”, for “an EEA State” substitute “a relevant European State”;

(i) omit the definition of “the Recognition Directive”; and

(j) after the definition of “registration number” add—

““relevant European State” means an EEA State or Switzerland.”.

(3) Omit paragraph (3).

(1)

Regulation 2 was amended by S.I. 2003/3148 and 2004/1947.

(2)

OJ No. L255, 30.09.2005, p.22, as amended by Council Directive 2006/100/EC of 20th November 2006, OJ No. L363 of 20.12.2006, p.141.

(3)

S.I. 2007/2781.