{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-nursing-and-midwifery-qualifications-designation-order-1996/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-nursing-and-midwifery-qualifications-designation-order-1996/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3102",
  "legislation_title": "The European Nursing and Midwifery Qualifications Designation Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-nursing-and-midwifery-qualifications-designation-order-1996",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Qualifications in respect of which a diploma specified in Schedule 2 is awarded on or after the implementation date or relevant date",
  "text": "(1) Subject to article 9 (transitional provisions for Spanish midwifery qualifications) and paragraph (2), a professional qualification in respect of which a diploma specified in Part I (nursing diplomas) or Part II (midwifery diplomas) of Schedule 2 is granted in an EEA State—\n(a) in the case of a nursing qualification, on or after the implementation date of the Nursing Directives, and which is not evidence of training commenced by the holder before that date; or\n(b) in the case of a midwifery qualification, on or after the relevant date,\nis hereby designated as having Community equivalence for the purposes of registration.\n(2) A midwifery qualification referred to in paragraph (1)—\n(a) in respect of which a diploma has been obtained in any EEA State following training which complies with all the training requirements in Article 1 of the Second Midwifery Directive; but\n(b) where the diploma is required to be recognised by other EEA States in pursuance of Article 2 of the First Midwifery Directive only if the holder has undertaken professional practice in respect of which a certificate complying with Article 4 of that Directive is issued,\nshall have Community equivalence for the purposes of registration if it is accompanied by an Article 4 certificate relating to the holder.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3102/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:30:04.454486+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."
}