The Farriers’ Qualifications (European Recognition) Regulations 2015

Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 2072

Farriers

The Farriers’ Qualifications (European Recognition) Regulations 2015

Made

18th December 2015

Laid before Parliament

22nd December 2015

Coming into force

18th January 2016

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) in relation to the recognition of higher-education diplomas, formal qualifications, or experience in the occupation, required for the pursuit of professions or occupations(2).

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations under the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.

Citation, commencement and extent E+W+S

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Farriers’ Qualifications (European Recognition) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 18th January 2016.

(2) These Regulations extend to Great Britain.

Amendments to the Farriers (Registration) Act 1975 E+W+S

2.  The Farriers (Registration) Act 1975(3) is amended as follows—

(a) in sections 7(1)(f) and (6), 9(3) and 15(1)(d), for “the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2007” substitute “the European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015”(4);

(b) in section 7(6) and (7)(a), for “regulation 8” substitute “regulation 12”;

(c) in section 7(7), in the opening words, for “regulation 11 or 12” substitute “regulation 15 or 16”;

(d) in section 9(3), for “regulation 9(2)” substitute “regulation 13(2)”;

(e) in section 9(5)—

(i) for “regulation 36(2)” substitute “regulation 68(3)”;

(ii) for “regulation 36(1)” substitute “regulation 68(1)”;

(f) in section 15(1)(d), for “regulation 17(1)” substitute “regulation 24(1)”.

Review E+W+S

3.—(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a) carry out a review of these Regulations;

(b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

(c) publish the report.

(2) The report must in particular—

(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by these Regulations;

(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved; and

(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved in a less burdensome way.

(3) The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.

(4) Each subsequent review period is a period of five years beginning with the date on which the report of the preceding review was published.

George Eustice

Minister of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

18th December 2015

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Farriers (Registration) Act 1975 (c. 35) to cross-refer appropriately to the European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/2059), which have been made as a result of an amendment to Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications (OJ No L 255, 30.9.2005, p 22).

(1)

1972 c. 68; section 2 was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 27(1)(a) and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7), Schedule, Part 1.

(2)

S.I. 2002/248. The power of the Secretary of State to make regulations that extend to Scotland remains exercisable by virtue of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), section 57(1). The Welsh Ministers have not been designated in relation to the matters covered by these Regulations.

(3)

1975 c. 35; sections 7 and 9 were substituted by S.I. 2008/646. Section 15(1)(d) was amended by S.I. 2008/646.

(4)

S.I. 2015/2059.