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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-education-recognition-of-professional-qualifications-amendment-regulations-2018/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1101",
  "legislation_title": "The Further Education (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2018",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in SI 2015/2059 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nProfessional Qualifications\nMade 15th October 2018\nLaid before Parliament 22nd October 2018\nComing into force 7th January 2019\nThe Secretary of State is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the recognition of higher-education diplomas, formal qualifications, or experience in the occupation, required for the pursuit of professions or occupations.\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Article 2 of, 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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7)."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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