# The European Union (Regulated Professions Proportionality Assessment) Regulations 2020, Regulation 5: Justification by public interest objectives


(1) A professional regulatory provision must be justified by public interest objectives.
(2) A professional regulatory provision is justified by public interest objectives if it is objectively justified on the basis of public policy, public security or public health, or by overriding reasons in the public interest, such as—
(a) preserving the financial equilibrium of the social security system;
(b) the protection of consumers, of recipients of services and of workers;
(c) the safeguarding of the proper administration of justice;
(d) ensuring the fairness of trade transactions;
(e) the combating of fraud and the prevention of tax evasion and avoidance, and the safeguarding of the effectiveness of fiscal supervision;
(f) transport safety;
(g) the protection of the environment and the urban environment;
(h) the health of animals;
(i) the protection of intellectual property;
(j) the safeguarding and conservation of the national historic and artistic heritage;
(k) social policy objectives;
(l) cultural policy objectives.
(3) Overriding reasons in the public interest do not include grounds of a purely economic nature or purely administrative reasons.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/689/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-regulated-professions-proportionality-assessment-regulations-2020/regulation-5
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