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

Interpretation of saved provisions

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16.  Where a provision continues to apply by virtue of this Part, it is to be read as if—

(a)in section 2 of the 2001 Act—

(i)in subsection (5), at the end there were inserted—

(a)in relation to anything done before exit day, as they had effect at that time;

(b)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 anything done before exit day;;

(ii)in subsection (7)—

(aa)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, the profession of chiropractic 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 social work profession, no less favourably than a national of a relevant European State;,

(bb)in the words after paragraph (c), for “is not” there were substituted “was not, immediately before exit day”;

(iii)after subsection (8) there were inserted—

(8) “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;;

(b)in any reference to a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom, the words “other than the United Kingdom” were omitted.