{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-communities-recognition-of-professional-qualifications-second-general-system-regulations-1996/regulation-21",
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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/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Conditions affecting the requirement to complete an adaptation period",
  "text": "(1) The adaptation period shall be the subject of an assessment.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3) below, the designated authority shall lay down the detailed rules governing\n(i) the length of the period and\n(ii) the form of the assessment\nand in any case in which the choice between an adaptation period and an aptitude test rests with the migrant shall notify the migrant of the rules in advance of the migrant’s exercise of that choice.\n(3) The adaptation period shall not exceed\n(i) 2 years in duration, in a case falling within Regulation 19;\n(ii) 3 years in duration, in a case falling within Regulation 20.",
  "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/21",
    "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."
}