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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-european-qualifications-health-and-social-care-professions-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2018/schedule-5/paragraph-3",
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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/5/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Opticians Act 1989",
  "text": "In section 8 (qualifications for registration)—\n(a) omit subsection (1A);\n(b) after subsection (2A) insert—\n“(2B) A determination under subsection (2A) may not be made in relation to a person whose qualification—\n(a) was granted in a relevant European State, and\n(b) indicates, in the opinion of the Council, a level of attainment of competency comparable to that indicated by an approved UK qualification.\n(2C) In subsection (2B), “approved UK qualification” means a qualification that is—\n(a) approved under section 12(7)(b), and\n(b) granted by an establishment in the United Kingdom that is approved under section 12(7)(a).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2005/848, 2007/3101."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111177686/schedule/5/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:02:15.035598+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."
}