{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-communities-recognition-of-professional-qualifications-second-general-system-regulations-1996/regulation-24",
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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/24",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Use of professional title",
  "text": "(1) A migrant who has been granted authorisation to practise a regulated profession pursuant to these Regulations shall have the right to use—\n(i) the professional title and designatory letters applicable to that profession in the United Kingdom; and\n(ii) the lawful academic title (and where appropriate the abbreviation thereof) acquired by him in the relevant State in which he qualified and in the language of that State.\n(2) Where the migrant makes use of the possibility provided for in sub-paragraph (1)(ii) of this Regulation, the designated authority may require that the title shall be followed by the name and location of the establishment or examining board which awarded it.\n(3) Where the migrant makes use of the possibility provided for in sub-paragraph (1)(i) of this Regulation, and either\n(a) the professional title or designatory letters appear in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the First General System Regulations or Part II of Schedule 2 to these Regulations or\n(b) they do not so appear but the profession is regulated by a professional association\nhe shall only be entitled to use the professional title or designatory letters on proof of membership of the professional association.\n(4) Where membership of a professional association is subject to any qualification requirements, such requirements may be applied to a migrant whose evidence of education and training satisfies the relevant provisions of Schedule 4 only so far as they are consistent with the provisions of these Regulations.",
  "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/24",
    "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."
}