{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/architects-act-1997-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-34",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/architects-act-1997-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-34.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/717",
  "legislation_title": "The Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/architects-act-1997-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/34",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Qualifications begun before IP completion day – extended period for recognition under Swiss citizens’ rights agreement",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Part, a “qualifying applicant” means an individual who—\n(a) is a national of the United Kingdom or Switzerland, or a third country national who was, immediately before IP completion day, by virtue of any enforceable EU right entitled to be treated no less favourably than a national of either State, for the purposes of access to and pursuit of a regulated profession;\n(b) wishes to access and pursue the profession of architect in the United Kingdom on a permanent basis, whether in an employed or self-employed capacity;\n(c) has obtained a relevant qualification;\n(d) if that relevant qualification was obtained in a third country, has three years’ professional experience in the profession concerned in the territory of Switzerland and certified by a competent authority in Switzerland; and\n(e) if that relevant qualification is a professional qualification obtained in an EEA State, is legally established in Switzerland, unless the individual is a Swiss national.\n(2) In paragraph (1), “relevant qualification” means —\n(a) a professional qualification obtained in an EEA State or Switzerland before IP completion day;\n(b) a professional qualification started in an EEA State or Switzerland before IP completion day but completed after IP completion day;\n(c) a third country professional qualification recognised by a competent authority in Switzerland pursuant to Article 2(2) of Directive 2005/36/EC before IP completion day;\n(d) a third country professional qualification for which an application for recognition pursuant to Article 2(2) of Directive 2005/36/EC has been submitted to a competent authority in Switzerland before IP completion day, where that application is successful after IP completion day.\n(3) In paragraph (2)—\n“Directive 2005/36/EC” means Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications as it had effect immediately before IP completion day;\n“professional qualification” means qualification for the purposes of sections 4 (registration in Part 1 of the Register: general) or 4A (registration in Part 1 of the Register: European qualifications) of the 1997 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pts. 3, 4 substituted for Pt. 3 (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Professional Qualifications and Services (Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1038), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 34 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/717/regulation/34",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:42:48.838296+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}