PART 2 U.K.MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS: MEDICAL ACT 1983

Amendment of section 5 U.K.

5.  In section 5 M1 (general functions of the Education Committee in relation to medical education in the United Kingdom)—

(a) in subsection (2A), for “article 23 of Directive 93/16/EEC” substitute “ article 24 of the Directive (basic medical training) ”;

(b) omit subsection (2B); and

(c) in subsection (4), for the definition of “Directive 93/16/EEC” substitute—

““the Directive” means Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7th September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (OJ No. L255, 30.09.2005, p.22) M2 , and any reference in this Act to the Directive or to any provision of the Directive is a reference to the Directive, or to that provision of the Directive, as amended from time to time;”.

Marginal Citations

M1 Section 5 was amended by S.I. 1996/1591, 2003/3148, 2004/1947 and 2006/1914.

M2 The Directive was amended by Council Directive 2006/100/EC of 20th November 2006, OJ No. L363 of 20.12.2006, p.141.