{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-act-northern-ireland-2001/section-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-act-northern-ireland-2001/section-11.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2001/3",
  "legislation_title": "Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-personal-social-services-act-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Qualifications gained outside Northern Ireland",
  "text": "(A1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1) An applicant for registration in the principal part of the register satisfies the requirements of this section if—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) he has, elsewhere than in Northern Ireland, undergone training in relevant social work and either—\n(i) that training is recognised by the Council as being to a standard sufficient for such registration; or\n(ii) it is not so recognised, but the applicant has undergone in Northern Ireland or elsewhere such additional training as the Council may require.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 11(A1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 10 para. 9 (with reg. 12A, Sch. 10 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 18); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 11(1) substituted (3.12.2007) by virtue of European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3101), regs. 1(2), 251(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 11(1)(a) omitted (3.12.2007) by European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3101), regs. 1(2), 251(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 11(2)-(4) omitted (3.12.2007) by European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3101), regs. 1(2), 251(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2001/3/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:53.445230+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}