These Regulations (which apply to the United Kingdom) amend the Medical Act 1983 to make provision to extend provisional registration to EEA nationals who have obtained their medical degree in an EEA state other than the UK, but have yet to complete the period of clinical experience.

Regulation 3 inserts section 15A into the Medical Act 1983, to provide for those EEA nationals who have completed their medical academic training in an EEA state other than the UK, to apply for provisional registration to enable them to undertake Pre-Registration House Officer posts to gain clinical experience in one or more approved hospitals, approved institutions or approved medical practices in the United Kingdom. When undertaking these posts those EEA nationals are deemed to be fully registered under section 3 of the Act, so far as is necessary for them to be employed in the relevant posts.

Regulation 4 provides for consequential amendments.