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The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

S.I. 2008/462 · Made 20 February 2008

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Health Care And Associated Professions

Made 20th February 2008

Laid before Parliament 28th February 2008

Coming into force 31st March 2008

The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f1.

He has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) in relation to the recognition of higher-education diplomas, formal qualifications or experience in the occupation, required for the pursuit of professions or occupationsf2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1972 c.68.

f2

S.I. 2002/248.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the commencement arrangements in the European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and come into force on 31st March 2008.

2Amendment of the commencement arrangements in the European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007

In regulation 1 of the European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007f1 (citation, commencement and extent), in paragraph (3), for “on 1st April 2008” substitute “on the coming into force of article 21 of the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007f2 (the Register of Pharmacy Technicians)”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Ben Bradshaw

Minister of State,

Department of Health

20th February 2008

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the arrangements for the coming into force of the provisions of the European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (“the 2007 Regulations”) that relate to the regulation of pharmacy technicians. These provisions will now come into force when article 21 of the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 comes into force, which will be the date for the opening of the statutory Register of Pharmacy Technicians.

An impact assessment as to the effect of the 2007 Regulations on the costs of business is available from the Department of Health, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, LS2 7UE, and on the Department’s website, http://www.dh.gov.uk.