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(1)A person who is or intends to be in the United Kingdom temporarily for the purpose of providing medical services of a specialist nature may apply to the General Council to be registered temporarily as a fully registered medical practitioner and if the Council are satisfied—
(a)that he holds one or more recognised overseas qualifications or acceptable overseas qualifications;
(b)that he possesses special knowledge of and skill in a particular branch or branches of medicine; and
(c)that the medical services he is to provide fie within that branch or one or more of those branches of medicine,
they may, if they think fit, direct that he shall be registered under this section as a fully registered medical practitioner for such period as they may specify in the direction.
(2)No person shall be fully registered under this section for a period exceeding twelve months.
(3)At the expiration of the period specified in a direction under subsection (1) above the registration of the person to whom the direction applies shall cease to have effect.
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