The Professional Qualifications and Services (Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Amendments to the Farriers and Animal Health (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

6.—(1) The Farriers and Animal Health (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3, in the heading and in regulation 3(1) and (2)(a)(ii), for “exit day” substitute “IP completion day”.

(3) After regulation 4 insert—

“Applications under the Act: Swiss citizens’ rights agreement entitled persons

4A.— (1) In this regulation, “qualifying applicant” has the meaning given by paragraph 51 of Schedule 1 to the Recognition of Professional Qualifications (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (qualifications begun before IP completion day – extended period for applications under the Swiss citizens’ rights agreement(2)).

(2) In relation to a qualifying applicant, the Act has effect as if the amendments made by regulation 2 did not apply, and as if, in section 7(1)(f), for “the European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015” there were substituted “the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2007, by virtue of the operation of paragraph 51 of Schedule 1 to the Recognition of Professional Qualifications (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019(3),”.”.

(1)

S.I. 2019/457. Regulation 1(1) provides for the Regulations to come into force on exit day. As a result of the application of paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the 2020 Act, regulation 1(1) is to be read instead as providing for the Regulations to come into force on IP completion day.

(2)

See section 39(1) of the 2020 Act for the definition of “Swiss citizens’ rights agreement”.

(3)

See paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to these regulations, which inserts paragraph 51.