Medical Act 1983 (c. 54)

Part II U.K. Medical Education and Registration: Persons Qualifying in the United Kingdom and Elsewhere in the EEC.

[F1 14A Full registration of EEA nationals etc without certain acquired rights certificates U.K.

(1) A person who is a national of a relevant European State—

[F2 (za) who has made an application for registration under this section before IP completion day,]

(a) whose case falls within regulation [F3 3(8)(a)] of the General Systems Regulations,

(b) to whom regulations [F4 27 to 34] of those Regulations apply by reason of the operation of regulation [F5 3(5)] of those Regulations,

(c) who is permitted to pursue the profession of medical practitioner in the United Kingdom by virtue of Part 3 of those Regulations (having, in particular, successfully completed any adaptation period, or passed any aptitude test, that he may be required to undertake pursuant to that Part of those Regulations), and

(d) whose fitness to practise is not impaired,

is entitled to be registered under this section as a fully registered medical practitioner.

(2) Any person who—

(a) is not a national of a relevant European State; but

(b) is, by virtue of any enforceable [F6 EU] right, entitled to be treated, for the purposes of access to the medical profession, no less favourably than a national of such a State,

shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (1) as if he were such a national.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 14A inserted (3.12.2007) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3101), regs. 1(2), 8

F2 S. 14A(1)(za) inserted (31.12.2020) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 7 (with reg. 12A, Sch. 1 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 8(2), 9); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Word in s. 14A(1)(a) substituted (18.11.2016) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1030), regs. 1, 6(2) (with reg. 155)

F4 Words in s. 14A(1)(b) substituted (18.11.2016) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1030), regs. 1, 6(3)(a) (with reg. 155)

F5 Word in s. 14A(1)(b) substituted (18.11.2016) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1030), regs. 1, 6(3)(b) (with reg. 155)

F6 Words in Act substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 3, 6 (with arts. 3(2)(3), 4(2), 6(4)(5))