2008 No. 462
Health Care And Associated Professions

The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19721.
He has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) in relation to the recognition of higher-education diplomas, formal qualifications or experience in the occupation, required for the pursuit of professions or occupations2.

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and come into force on 31st March 2008.

Amendment of the commencement arrangements in the European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 20072.

In regulation 1 of the European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 20073 (citation, commencement and extent), in paragraph (3), for “on 1st April 2008” substitute “on the coming into force of article 21 of the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 20074 (the Register of Pharmacy Technicians)”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Ben Bradshaw
Minister of State,
Department of Health
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the arrangements for the coming into force of the provisions of the European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (“the 2007 Regulations”) that relate to the regulation of pharmacy technicians. These provisions will now come into force when article 21 of the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 comes into force, which will be the date for the opening of the statutory Register of Pharmacy Technicians.

An impact assessment as to the effect of the 2007 Regulations on the costs of business is available from the Department of Health, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, LS2 7UE, and on the Department’s website, http://www.dh.gov.uk.