Visiting EEA practitioners5

1

In subsection (1) of section 18 of the Act (visiting EEA practitioners)—

a

for “any member State of the Communities” there is substituted “any EEA State”; and

b

for “a member State of the Communities” there is substituted “an EEA State”.

2

In subsection (2) of that section—

a

for “a member State” there is substituted “an EEA State”;

b

for “member States” there is substituted “EEA States”;

c

for “the first Medical Directive” there is substituted “Directive 93/16/EEC”;

d

for “the member State” there is substituted “the EEA State”; and

e

for “Article 16(3)” there is substituted “Article 17(3)”.

3

In subsection (3) of that section—

a

for “declaration to be provided under paragraph (a) of” there is substituted “documents to be provided under”; and

b

for “it is so provided it shall” there is substituted “they are so provided they shall”.

4

In each of subsections (4) and (5) of that section, for “EEC practitioner” there is substituted“EEA practitioner”.

5

After subsection (5) of that section there is inserted—

6

Any person who—

a

is not a national of an EEA State; but

b

is, by virtue of a right conferred by article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No. 1612/68, or any other enforceable Community 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 this section as if he were such a national.