{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-nursing-and-midwifery-qualifications-designation-order-1996/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-nursing-and-midwifery-qualifications-designation-order-1996/article-5.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/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Qualifications in respect of which a diploma not specified in Schedule 2 is awarded before the implementation date or relevant date in respect of training which does not comply with Directive requirements",
  "text": "(1) A professional qualification in respect of which a diploma specified in paragraph (2) is granted in an EEA State shall have Community equivalence for the purposes of registration if it is accompanied by a competent authority certificate.\n(2) The diploma referred to in paragraph (1) is—\n(a) a diploma in nursing in general care which is not specified in Part I of Schedule 2 and is granted—\n(i) before the implementation date of the Nursing Directives or on or after that date in respect of a course of training begun before that date, and\n(ii) in respect of training which does not comply with the requirements of Article 1 of the Second Nursing Directive (minimum standards of training for nurses); or\n(b) a midwifery diploma which is not specified in Part II of Schedule 2 and is granted—\n(i) before the relevant date, and\n(ii) in respect of training which does not comply with the requirements of Article 1 of the Second Midwifery Directive (minimum standards of training for midwives).",
  "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/5",
    "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."
}