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Regulation 42 I1F1

Section 22B (administrative co-operation) of the 1997 Act has effect as if—

(a)

for subsections (1) and (2) there were substituted—

“(1)

The Board must, for the purposes of facilitating the recognition of the qualifications of architects—

(a)

collaborate with the competent authorities of Switzerland, and

(b)

provide assistance to the competent authorities of Switzerland in order to facilitate the accreditation in a relevant European State of registered persons or persons holding qualifications or experience prescribed under section 4(1)(a).

(2)

The Board may exchange professional-regulation information with competent authorities of relevant European States in accordance with data protection legislation within the meaning of section 3(9) of the Data Protection Act 2018 about—

(a)

persons who have made an application for registration under section 4(2A);

(b)

registered persons who are practising or are seeking to practise as architects in Switzerland.”;

(b)

in subsection (4) in the words before paragraph (a)—

(i)

for “another” there were substituted “a”;

(ii)

after “European State” there were inserted “or a person who applies for registration”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

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

Commencement

I1

Reg. 42 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)