Medical Act 1983
12.—(1) Section 19 (full registration of EEA nationals etc by virtue of overseas primary qualifications etc)(1) is amended as follows.
(2) Before subsection (1), insert—
“(A1) Subsection (1) applies only in relation to an exempt person—
(a)who has made an application, before exit day, for registration under this section, or
(b)who is provisionally registered under section 21.”.
(3) For subsection (2), substitute—
“(2) In this Act “exempt person” means—
(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, the medical 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 the medical profession, no less favourably than a national of a relevant European State.”.
(4) In subsection (3)(a), omit “, other than the United Kingdom,”.
Section 19 was substituted by S.I. 2002/3135. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/3101, 2011/1043.