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Regulation 20 Circumstances in which an adaptation period or an aptitude test may be required

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(1)

In a case falling within Regulation 11 other than one in which a migrant’s claim for recognition depends upon his ability to meet the requirements of paragraph 1(c) of Schedule 4, a designated authority may only apply to the migrant a requirement to complete an adaptation period or to take an aptitude test if either—

(i)

although the fields of activity of the profession in the relevant State in which the migrant obtained his qualification and in the United Kingdom are broadly comparable, the education and training relating to theoretical, or practical, or theoretical and practical matters received by the migrant differs substantially in coverage from that which is evidenced by the required UK Diploma; or

(ii)

in a case in which the migrant meets the requirements of paragraph 1(a) or (b) of Schedule 4, one or more of the regulated professional activities which form the profession in the United Kingdom is or are not included in the regulated profession in the relevant State in which the migrant obtained his qualification and the omission is reflected in substantial differences in education and training in relation to theoretical, or practical, or theoretical and practical matters evidenced by the Diploma held by the migrant on the one hand and the required UK Diploma on the other;

(iii)

in any other case, one or more of the regulated professional activities which form the profession in the United Kingdom is or are not included in the profession in the relevant State in which the migrant obtained his qualification and the omission is reflected in substantial differences in education and training in relation to theoretical, or practical, or theoretical and practical matters of which evidence is held by the migrant on the one hand and evidenced by the required UK Diploma on the other.

(2)

In a case falling within Regulation 11 and in which a migrant’s claim to recognition of his right to practise depends upon his ability to meet the requirements of paragraph 1(c) of Schedule 4, a designated authority may apply to the migrant a requirement to complete an adaptation period or to take an aptitude test.