{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-communities-recognition-of-professional-qualifications-second-general-system-regulations-1996/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2374",
  "legislation_title": "The European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) (Second General System) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-communities-recognition-of-professional-qualifications-second-general-system-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, Parts II to V of these Regulations shall apply to the practice of a regulated profession whether in an employed or a self-employed capacity.\n(2) Parts II to V of these Regulations shall not apply to\n(a) any profession the mutual recognition of qualifications in which is the subject of one of the directives of the European Community listed in Part I of Schedule 1;\n(b) any activity the taking up or pursuit of which in a self-employed capacity or, as the case may be, a self-employed or employed capacity is the subject of one or more of the directives listed in Part II of Schedule 1;\n(c) any profession the taking up or pursuit of which is regulated pursuant to an instrument listed in Part III of Schedule 1.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2374/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:35:26.262855+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."
}