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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-qualifications-health-and-social-care-professions-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-47",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2018/9780111177686",
  "legislation_title": "The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-qualifications-health-and-social-care-professions-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/47",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "European Professional Card",
  "text": "(1) Where, immediately before exit day, a person was entitled as mentioned in paragraph 15(2) of Schedule 2A to the 2010 Order, any provision made by or under that Order continues to apply in relation to the person without the amendments made by Part 1 of this Schedule to the provisions relating to the provision of occasional pharmacy services by holders of a European professional card.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph 15(4)(a) of Schedule 2A to the 2010 Order as it continues to apply by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)—\n(a) a European professional card that was transmitted as mentioned in paragraph 15(1)(a) of that Schedule is to be treated as becoming invalid on the expiry of the period of 18 months beginning on the day on which it was transmitted;\n(b) a European professional card that was issued as mentioned in paragraph 15(1)(b) of that Schedule is to be treated as becoming invalid on the expiry of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which it was issued.\n(3) The reference in sub-paragraph (1) to “the provisions relating to the provision of occasional pharmacy services by holders of a European professional card” is to the provisions listed in the following table.\nInstrument\nProvision relating to visiting practitioners\nThe 1968 Act\nsection 67E\nsection 69(1ZA)\nsection 71(7)\nsection 78(5) and (5A)\nThe 2010 Order\nin article 3(1), the definitions of “competent authority”, “European professional card”, “General Systems Regulations”, “IMI”, “IMI file” and “registered pharmacist”\narticle 19(2)(d)\narticle 29(3)(a)\narticle 33A\narticle 36(3)\narticle 37(5)\narticle 38(2) and (4)\narticle 39(1)(c), (i) and (l)\narticle 43(5)(c), (8)(b) and (9)\nin Schedule 2A, paragraphs 2 (except the definitions of “automatically recognised pharmacist”, “EPC holder” and “missing document”), 15 and 16\nMedicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004\nregulation 2(1)\nNational Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2009\nregulation 2(1)\nGeneral Pharmaceutical Council (Registration) Rules 2010\nrule 18(1)(a) and (5)(a)(i)\nrule 19(1), (4)(a) and (5)(b)\nrule 20(3)(a)\nGeneral Pharmaceutical Council (Continuing Professional Development and Consequential Amendments) Rules 2011\nrule 5(2)(b) and (3)\nrule 8(1)\nrule 9(5)\nrule 11(1)(a)\nHuman Medicines Regulations 2012\nregulation 8(1)\nNational Health Service (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2013\nregulation 2(1)",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "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."
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