The Recognition of Professional Qualifications (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

6.  In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) omit the following definitions—

“adaptation period”

“another relevant European State”;

“aptitude test”;

“Commission”;

“common training framework”;

“common training test”;

“compensation measures”;

“designated competent authority”;

“Directive 2002/58/EC”;

“Directive 2006/123/EC”;

“enactment”;

“European Professional Card”;

“the GDPR”;

“host State”;

“IMI”;

“Implementing Regulation 2015”

“lifelong learning”;

“manager of an undertaking”;

“missing document”;

“overriding reasons of general interest”;

“professional experience”;

“professional rules”;

“relevant body”;

“sectoral professions”;

“third country”;

“UK applicant”;

(ii)

in the definition of “applicant”, for “regulation 8(3) and (4)” substitute “regulation 8(4)”;

(iii)

in the definition of “assistance centre”, omit the words from “and to issue a European Professional Card” to the end;

(iv)

in the definition of “competent authority”—

(aa)

in paragraph (a), for “(4)” substitute “(3)”;

(bb)

in paragraph (b), for “another” substitute “a”;

(v)

in the definition of “home State”, omit “or in which they lawfully practised”;

(vi)

in the definition of “holder”, after “competent authority of” insert “the United Kingdom or”;

(vii)

in the definition of “practice”, omit “in a relevant European State”;

(viii)

for the definition of “relevant European State”, substitute—

““relevant European State” means an EEA State or Switzerland;”;

(b) omit paragraphs (2), (3) and (6).