Regulation 12

This Regulation applies in any case in which the practice of a profession in the United Kingdom is subject to the possession of a Certificate.

Subject to paragraph (3), the designated authority for a profession may not, on the grounds of inadequate qualifications, refuse to authorise a migrant to practise the profession on the same conditions as those which apply to holders of the required UK Certificate if any one of paragraphs 1, 4 or 5 of Schedule 4 applies.

The requirement in paragraph (2) to authorise on the same conditions as those which apply to a holder of the required UK Certificate shall not restrict the right of the designated authority, in the circumstances and on the conditions laid down in Part IV of these Regulations, to require a migrant—