The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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15.—(1) Where an alert has been sent by the Northern Ireland Social Care Council before exit day under regulation 67 of the European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015, the decision to send the alert continues to be a relevant decision for the purposes of section 15 of the 2001 Act despite the repeal of section 15(3)(c).

(2) In disposing of an appeal against such a decision, the powers of the Care Tribunal are, instead of those set out in section 15(2) of the 2001 Act, to—

(a)dismiss the appeal, or

(b)allow the appeal and direct the Northern Ireland Social Care Council to take such steps as the Tribunal thinks fit to draw the findings of the Tribunal to the attention of the European Commission.