2.—(1) Appropriate European diplomas are designated as being approved qualifications for the purposes of registration in the Register of Pharmacists.
(2) Subject to article 8, the following diplomas are “appropriate European diplomas” for the purposes of paragraph (1)—
(a)subject to article 3, any (where appropriate, duly authenticated) diploma specified in the second column of the table in Schedule 2 which has been granted in a relevant European State after its reference date and which is evidence of training commenced on or after that date; or
(b)any (where appropriate, duly authenticated) diploma which—
(i)subject to article 4, has been granted in a relevant European State before its reference date or which is evidence of training commenced before that date but completed on or after that date,
(ii)subject to article 5, was awarded by the competent authorities of, or which is evidence of training started in, the territory specified in column (b) of the table in Schedule 3 before the date specified in the corresponding entry in column (a) of that table,
(iii)subject to article 6, is evidence of training commenced before 3rd October 1990 and undertaken in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic, or
(iv)subject to article 7, does not fall within paragraphs (i) to (iii) and is not specified in Schedule 2 but which is a diploma in pharmacy granted in a relevant European State on or after its reference date.