{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-qualifications-health-and-social-care-professions-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/schedule-4/paragraph-29",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2019/593",
  "legislation_title": "The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-qualifications-health-and-social-care-professions-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/29",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) a person had, immediately before IP completion day, the benefit of regulation 12 of the European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015 in respect of the provision by that person of services as a nurse or nursing associate (and article 39A(3) or 39C(3) of the 2001 Order accordingly applied to the person), and\n(b) the person continues to have that benefit on or after IP completion day,\nany provision made by or under the 2001 Order continues to apply in relation to the provision of those services by that person without the amendments that Part 1 of this Schedule makes to the provisions relating to visiting general systems nurses and nursing associates from relevant European states (but subject, in the case of a relevant applicant, to the modifications to the 2001 Order specified in sub-paragraph (4)).\n(1A) But a relevant applicant to whom sub-paragraph (1) applies may only provide services as a nurse or midwife (as the case may be) for a period not exceeding 90 days in total in any calendar year.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (1) ceases to apply in relation to a visiting nurse or nursing associate—\n(a) in respect of a part of the register in which the person is registered as required by article 39A(3) or 39C(3) of the 2001 Order, when the person's name is removed under article 39A(6) or 39C(6) of the Order;\n(b) in respect of any other part of the register, when the person's entitlement ceases by reason of the operation of article 39A(5) or 39C(5) of the 2001 Order.\n(3) The reference in sub-paragraph (1) to “the provisions relating to visiting general systems nurses and nursing associates from relevant European states” is to the provisions listed in the table in paragraph 28(3), but as if—\n(a) the references to article 39 of, and Schedule 2A to, the 2001 Order were omitted, and\n(b) there were inserted at the appropriate place a reference to articles 39A and 39C of the 2001 Order.\n(4) The modifications to the 2001 Order mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) are—\n(a) article 10(6) is to be read as if for the words from “visiting nurse” to the end there were substituted “relevant applicant”;\n(b) article 39A(1) is to be read as if—\n(i) in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for “an exempt person” there were substituted “a relevant applicant”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), for “a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom” there were substituted “Switzerland”;\n(c) article 39C(1) is to be read as if—\n(i) in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for “an exempt person” there were substituted “a relevant applicant”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), for “a relevant European State other than the United Kingdom” there were substituted “Switzerland”;\n(d) Schedule 4 is to be read as if—\n(i) in the definition of “competent authority”, for “a relevant European State” there were substituted “Switzerland”;\n(ii) there were inserted, at the appropriate place—\n““relevant applicant” has the meaning given in regulation 1A of the European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 29(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (EFTA States) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1394), regs. 1(2), 12(6)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 29(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (EFTA States) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1394), regs. 1(2), 12(6)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 29(1) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (EFTA States) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1394), regs. 1(2), 12(6)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 29(1A) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (EFTA States) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1394), regs. 1(2), 12(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 29(4) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (EFTA States) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1394), regs. 1(2), 12(6)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 29 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/593/schedule/4/paragraph/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:44:17.274980+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."
}