Explanatory note

This Order, made under the Osteopaths Act 1993 (“the Act"), approves Rules made by the General Osteopathic Council (“GOsC")—

requiring the Education Committee of the GOsC to publish a statement indicating matters which will be taken into account by the Committee when advising the GOsC whether or not to recognise a qualification for the purposes of the Act. The statement can be obtained from the GOsC at Osteopathy House, 176 Tower Bridge Road, London SE1 3LU; and

providing for a person with a qualification in osteopathy obtained outside the UK, not holding a recognised qualification, but who satisfies the Registrar of the GOsC that he has reached the required standard of proficiency, to be treated as having a recognised qualification.