Overseas offencesI14
1
Subject to regulation 9, a person (“P”) is disqualified if P has been found to have done an act which—
a
constituted an offence under the law in force in a country outside the United Kingdom, and
b
would constitute an offence requiring disqualification from registration under these Regulations if it had been done in any part of the United Kingdom.
2
In paragraph (1), P has been “found to have done an act which constituted an offence” if, under the law in force in a country outside the United Kingdom—
a
P has been convicted of an offence (whether or not P has been punished for it),
b
P has been cautioned in respect of an offence,
c
a court exercising jurisdiction under that law has made in respect of an offence a finding equivalent to a finding that P is not guilty by reason of insanity, or
d
such a court has made in respect of an offence a finding equivalent to a finding that P is under a disability and did the act charged against P.
3
P is not disqualified under paragraph (1) in respect of any finding if, under the law in force in the country concerned, such finding has been reversed.
4
An act punishable under the law in force in a country outside the United Kingdom constitutes an offence under that law for the purposes of this regulation however it is described in that law.