Paragraph 5 Exemption from CPD requirement (newly registered osteopaths)
(1)
An osteopath whose name is first registered—
(a)
on or after the date on which these Rules come into force, and
(b)
within a period of three months beginning with the day on which he was awarded a recognised qualification,
shall be exempt from the CPD requirement for the first CPD year specified in rule 4(3).
(2)
In relation to an osteopath to whom paragraph (1) applies, rules 8 and 9 shall not apply during the first CPD year.