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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-act-1983-amendment-order-2002/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3135",
  "legislation_title": "The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-act-1983-amendment-order-2002",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
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  "text": "(1) A person who, before 31st October 2003, is awarded a recognised overseas qualification which under the old section 19 of the Act would entitle him to be—\n(a) fully registered under that section; or\n(b) provisionally registered under the old section 21 of the Act and, on satisfying the requirements under the old section 20(2)(a) of the Act as to experience, to be fully registered under the old section 19 of the Act,\nshall if he applies or has applied to the Registrar in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) or (3) below be eligible for full registration or provisional registration and subsequently full registration under the old section 19 or, as the case may be, the old section 21, as if they were still in force.\n(2) An application for full registration under the old section 19 of the Act shall (except where sub-paragraph (3) applies) be made not later than 31st December 2003.\n(3) An application for provisional registration under the old section 21 of the Act shall be made not later than 31st December 2003 and subsequent to that application an application for full registration may be made at any time.\n(4) In this paragraph, “recognised overseas qualification” has the meaning given in the old section 19 of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3135/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:35:35.586373+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."
}