# The European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) (Second General System) Regulations 2002 (revoked) S.I. 2002/2934 · made 26 November 2002 · revised to 19 October 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/european-communities-recognition-of-professional-qualifications-second-general-system-regulations-2002-revoked/pdf/uksi_20022934_en.pdf ## Introductory text PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Made 26th November 2002 Laid before Parliament 4th December 2002 Coming into force 1st January 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: INTRODUCTION ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Regulated Profession, Regulated Professional Activity and Regulated Education and Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Definition of “Second General System Diploma” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Definition of “Certificate” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Definition of “Attestation of Competence” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: ADMINISTRATION ## 8 Competent Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Designated Authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Designated authorities – functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: RIGHT TO PRACTISE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ## 11 Right to practise – Diploma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Right to practise – Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Right to practise – Attestation of Competence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Right to practise – Other cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: REQUIREMENTS OF EVIDENCE OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, ADAPTATION PERIODS AND APTITUDE TESTS ## 15 Meaning of evidence of professional experience, adaptation period and aptitude test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Choice of evidence of professional experience, adaptation period or aptitude test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Circumstances in which evidence of professional experience may be required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Conditions affecting the requirement of evidence of professional experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Circumstances in which an adaptation period or an aptitude test may be required – Diploma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Circumstances in which an adaptation period or an aptitude test may be required – Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Conditions affecting the requirement to complete an adaptation period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Conditions affecting the requirement to take an aptitude test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: ANCILLARY PROVISIONS ## 23 Evidence from competent authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Use of professional title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Decisions of designated authorities and appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Information from designated authorities and competent authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: SCOPE OF THE REGULATIONS ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 DIRECTIVES ESTABLISHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF DIPLOMAS, CERTIFICATES AND OTHER EVIDENCE OF FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS IN SPECIFIC PROFESSIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 DIRECTIVES CONCERNING FREEDOM OF ESTABLISHMENT AND FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES OR TRANSITIONAL MEASURES IN RESPECT OF ACTIVITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 INSTRUMENTS PURSUANT TO WHICH THE TAKING UP AND PURSUIT OF PROFESSIONS IS REGULATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: REGULATED PROFESSIONS ## 1 PROFESSIONS REGULATED BY LAW OR PUBLIC AUTHORITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 PROFESSIONS REGULATED BY PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3 APPEAL BODIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH DESIGNATED AUTHORITIES ARE REQUIRED NOT TO REFUSE TO AUTHORISE THE TAKING UP OR PURSUIT OF A PROFESSION ### Part 1: CONDITIONS FOR THE AUTHORISATION OR THE PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION REGULATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AT THE LEVEL OF A DIPLOMA OR A CERTIFICATE ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: EVIDENCE OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: REQUIREMENTS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ## 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: LIST OF COURSES OF REGULATED EDUCATION AND TRAINING ## In Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In the Netherlands: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In Austria: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: LIST OF COURSES EVIDENCE OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF WHICH IS CONSTITUENT OF A SECOND GENERAL SYSTEM DIPLOMA ## 1 COURSES REFERABLE TO THE PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION IN ANOTHER RELEVANT STATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Paramedical and childcare training course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In Germany: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In Italy: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In Luxembourg: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In the Netherlands: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In Austria: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Master craftsman sector (“Mester/Meister/Maitre”) which represents education and training courses concerning skills not covered by the Directive listed in Annex A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In Denmark: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In Germany: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In Luxembourg: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In Austria: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In Norway: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Seafaring sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In Denmark: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In Germany: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In Italy: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In the Netherlands: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In Iceland: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In Norway: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In Germany: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In the Netherlands: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In Iceland: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In Norway: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Technical sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In Italy: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In the Netherlands: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## In Austria: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: COURSES REFERABLE TO THE PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ## 5 United Kingdom courses accredited as National Vocational Qualifications or Scottish Vocational Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 7 PROFESSIONS IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE RIGHT OF THE MIGRANT TO CHOOSE BETWEEN AN ADAPTATION PERIOD AND AN APTITUDE TEST IS DISPLACED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2934 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/european-communities-recognition-of-professional-qualifications-second-general-system-regulations-2002-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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