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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/54/section/3</dc:identifier><dc:title>Medical Act 1983</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to consolidate the Medical Acts 1956 to 1978 and certain related provisions, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.</dc:description><dc:date>1983-07-26</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2025-01-13</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2025-01-01</dct:valid>
					
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RestrictStartDate="2020-12-31"><Title> Registration by virtue of primary United Kingdom or primary European qualifications.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/54/section/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/54/section/3" id="section-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/54/section/3/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/54/section/3/1" id="section-3-1" RestrictStartDate="2007-10-19"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Subject to the provisions of this Act any person  <Addition ChangeId="key-0c7624d995f1f662b09bc75bd6393d9d-1560246407279" CommentaryRef="key-0c7624d995f1f662b09bc75bd6393d9d">whose fitness to practise is not impaired and</Addition> who—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/54/section/3/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/54/section/3/1/a" RestrictStartDate="2007-08-01" id="section-3-1-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-4fc934df5f460422ab924b3378c22eae-1560246445961" CommentaryRef="key-4fc934df5f460422ab924b3378c22eae">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-4fc934df5f460422ab924b3378c22eae-1560246445961" CommentaryRef="key-4fc934df5f460422ab924b3378c22eae">holds one or more primary United Kingdom qualifications and has satisfactorily completed an acceptable programme for provisionally registered doctors; or</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/54/section/3/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/54/section/3/1/b" id="section-3-1-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>being a national of  <Substitution ChangeId="key-09713b61a162f645e630288426929a2e-1568888259839" CommentaryRef="key-09713b61a162f645e630288426929a2e">any relevant European State</Substitution>, holds one or more primary European qualifications <Addition ChangeId="key-909b3fb0965d38b394f68c1b8d7e1996-1633553006520" CommentaryRef="key-909b3fb0965d38b394f68c1b8d7e1996">and has made an application, before  IP completion day, for registration under this paragraph or is provisionally registered under section 15A</Addition>,</Text></P3para></P3><Text>is entitled to be registered under this section as a fully registered medical practitioner.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/54/section/3/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/54/section/3/2" id="section-3-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Any person who—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/54/section/3/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/54/section/3/2/a" id="section-3-2-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>is not a national of  <Substitution ChangeId="key-08b2929fca7e433aa26721f8763ebdbc-1568888322761" CommentaryRef="key-08b2929fca7e433aa26721f8763ebdbc">a relevant European State</Substitution>; but</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/54/section/3/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/54/section/3/2/b" id="section-3-2-b"><Pnumber><Substitution ChangeId="key-0338643678c47e8ba215d00541154688-1568888337721" CommentaryRef="key-0338643678c47e8ba215d00541154688">b</Substitution></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Substitution ChangeId="key-0338643678c47e8ba215d00541154688-1568888337721" CommentaryRef="key-0338643678c47e8ba215d00541154688">is, by virtue of an enforceable  </Substitution><Substitution ChangeId="key-0338643678c47e8ba215d00541154688-1568888337721" CommentaryRef="key-0338643678c47e8ba215d00541154688"><Substitution ChangeId="key-df444f9beb71fb342af82be2f7f6d884-1573210960783" CommentaryRef="key-df444f9beb71fb342af82be2f7f6d884">EU</Substitution></Substitution><Substitution ChangeId="key-0338643678c47e8ba215d00541154688-1568888337721" CommentaryRef="key-0338643678c47e8ba215d00541154688">  right, entitled to be treated, for the purposes of access to and pursuit of the medical profession, no less favourably than a national of a relevant European State,</Substitution></Text></P3para></P3><Text>shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) above as if he were such a national.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/54/section/3/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/54/section/3/3" id="section-3-3"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-f8433d0a37a77037373100dd193a3875"/>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-4fc934df5f460422ab924b3378c22eae" Type="F"><Para><Text>S. 3(1)(a) substituted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 1.8.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1914" id="cfqhidxj3-00016" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2006" Number="1914" Title="The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006">The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfqhidxj3-00016" id="cfqhidxj3-00017" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1914/article/1/2/b" SectionRef="article-1-2-b">art. 1(2)(b)</CitationSubRef><CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfqhidxj3-00016" id="cfqhidxj3-00018" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1914/article/1/2/c" SectionRef="article-1-2-c">(c)</CitationSubRef><CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfqhidxj3-00016" id="cfqhidxj3-00019" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1914/article/1/3" SectionRef="article-1-3">(3)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cfqhidxj3-00016" id="cfqhidxj3-00020" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1914/article/20" SectionRef="article-20" Operative="true">20</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-0c7624d995f1f662b09bc75bd6393d9d" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in s. 3(1) inserted (19.7.2006 for specified purposes, 19.10.2007 in so far as not already in force as notified in the London Gazette dated 20.7.2007) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1914" id="cedxlfbt3-00007" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2006" Number="1914" Title="The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006">The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Amendments Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1914)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cedxlfbt3-00007" id="cedxlfbt3-00008" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1914/article/1/2/b" SectionRef="article-1-2-b">arts. 1(2)(b)</CitationSubRef><CitationSubRef CitationRef="cedxlfbt3-00007" id="cedxlfbt3-00009" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1914/article/1/2/c" SectionRef="article-1-2-c">(c)</CitationSubRef><CitationSubRef CitationRef="cedxlfbt3-00007" id="cedxlfbt3-00010" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1914/article/1/3" SectionRef="article-1-3">(3)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cedxlfbt3-00007" id="cedxlfbt3-00011" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1914/article/45" SectionRef="article-45" Operative="true">45</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-09713b61a162f645e630288426929a2e" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in s. 3(1)(b) substituted (3.12.2007) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/3101" id="cicurbbm3-00014" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2007" Number="3101" Title="The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007">The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3101)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cicurbbm3-00014" id="cicurbbm3-00015" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/3101/regulation/1/2" SectionRef="regulation-1-2">regs. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cicurbbm3-00014" id="cicurbbm3-00016" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/3101/regulation/4/a" SectionRef="regulation-4-a" Operative="true">4(a)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-08b2929fca7e433aa26721f8763ebdbc" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in s. 3(2)(a) substituted (3.12.2007) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/3101" id="cicurbbm3-00023" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2007" Number="3101" Title="The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007">The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3101)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cicurbbm3-00023" id="cicurbbm3-00024" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/3101/regulation/1/2" SectionRef="regulation-1-2">regs. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cicurbbm3-00023" id="cicurbbm3-00025" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/3101/regulation/4/b/i" SectionRef="regulation-4-b-i" Operative="true">4(b)(i)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-0338643678c47e8ba215d00541154688" Type="F"><Para><Text>S. 3(2)(b) substituted (3.12.2007) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/3101" id="cicurbbm3-00033" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2007" Number="3101" Title="The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007">The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3101)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cicurbbm3-00033" id="cicurbbm3-00034" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/3101/regulation/1/2" SectionRef="regulation-1-2">regs. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cicurbbm3-00033" id="cicurbbm3-00035" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/3101/regulation/4/b/ii" SectionRef="regulation-4-b-ii" Operative="true">4(b)(ii)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-f8433d0a37a77037373100dd193a3875" Type="F"><Para><Text>S. 3(3) omitted (3.12.2007) by virtue of <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/3101" id="cicurbbm3-00005" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2007" Number="3101" Title="The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007">The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3101)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cicurbbm3-00005" id="cicurbbm3-00006" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/3101/regulation/1/2" SectionRef="regulation-1-2">regs. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cicurbbm3-00005" id="cicurbbm3-00007" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/3101/regulation/4/c" SectionRef="regulation-4-c" Operative="true">4(c)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-df444f9beb71fb342af82be2f7f6d884" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in Act substituted (22.4.2011) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1043" id="ckcajwgw3-00006" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2011" Number="1043" Title="The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011">The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="ckcajwgw3-00006" id="ckcajwgw3-00007" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1043/article/2" SectionRef="article-2">arts. 2</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="ckcajwgw3-00006" id="ckcajwgw3-00008" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1043/article/3" SectionRef="article-3" Operative="true">3</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="ckcajwgw3-00006" id="ckcajwgw3-00009" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1043/article/6" SectionRef="article-6">6</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef CitationRef="ckcajwgw3-00006" id="ckcajwgw3-00010" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1043/article/3/2" SectionRef="article-3-2">arts. 3(2)</CitationSubRef><CitationSubRef CitationRef="ckcajwgw3-00006" id="ckcajwgw3-00011" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1043/article/3/3" SectionRef="article-3-3">(3)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="ckcajwgw3-00006" id="ckcajwgw3-00012" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1043/article/4/2" SectionRef="article-4-2">4(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="ckcajwgw3-00006" id="ckcajwgw3-00013" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1043/article/6/4" SectionRef="article-6-4">6(4)</CitationSubRef><CitationSubRef CitationRef="ckcajwgw3-00006" id="ckcajwgw3-00014" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2011/1043/article/6/5" SectionRef="article-6-5">(5)</CitationSubRef>)</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-909b3fb0965d38b394f68c1b8d7e1996" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in <CitationSubRef id="cc2a43a24-00015" SectionRef="section-3-1-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/54/section/3/1/b">s. 3(1)(b)</CitationSubRef> inserted (31.12.2020) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/593" id="cc2a43a24-00016" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2019" Number="593" Title="The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019">The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cc2a43a24-00016" id="cc2a43a24-00017" SectionRef="regulation-1-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/593/regulation/1/2">reg. 1(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cc2a43a24-00016" id="cc2a43a24-00018" SectionRef="schedule-1-paragraph-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/593/schedule/1/paragraph/3" Operative="true">Sch. 1 para. 3</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cc2a43a24-00016" id="cc2a43a24-00019" SectionRef="regulation-12A" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/593/regulation/12A">reg. 12A</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cc2a43a24-00016" id="cc2a43a24-00020" SectionRef="schedule-1-part-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/593/schedule/1/part/2">Sch. 1 Pt. 2</CitationSubRef>) (as amended by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1394" id="cc2a43a24-00021" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2020" Number="1394">S.I. 2020/1394</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cc2a43a24-00021" id="cc2a43a24-00022" SectionRef="regulation-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1394/regulation/4">regs. 4</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cc2a43a24-00021" id="cc2a43a24-00023" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1394/regulation/8/2" SectionRef="regulation-8-2">8(2)</CitationSubRef>,  <CitationSubRef id="cc177752747996" CitationRef="cc2a43a24-00021" SectionRef="regulation-9" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1394/regulation/9">9</CitationSubRef>); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1" id="cc2a43a24-00024" Year="2020" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="1">2020 c. 1</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cc2a43a24-00024" id="cc2a43a24-00025" SectionRef="schedule-5-paragraph-1-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1/schedule/5/paragraph/1/1">Sch. 5 para. 1(1)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>