Introductory text
United Kingdom
Professional Qualifications
Made 16th November 2016
Laid before Parliament 17th November 2016
Coming into force 8th December 2016
The Secretary of State is designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to recognition of higher education diplomas, formal qualifications, or experience in the occupation, required for the pursuit of professions or occupations.
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2f2 to, the European Communities Act 1972.
Annotations
Footnotes
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Regulation 2 and Schedule 1 to S.I. 2002/248, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Under section 57(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), despite the transfer to Scottish Ministers of functions in relation to implementing obligations under European Union law in relation to certain matters by virtue of section 53 of that Act, these functions continue to be exercisable by the Secretary of State as regards Scotland for the purposes specified in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68).
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Paragraph 1A was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51).