{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-act-1983/schedule-3/paragraph-4B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-act-1983/schedule-3/paragraph-4B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/54",
  "legislation_title": "Medical Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-act-1983",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/4B",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4B",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where a person makes an application for registration under section 3, 14A, 15, 15A or 19A of this Act or where a specified state professional makes an application for registration under section 21B of this Act, the appropriate registrar, within the period of one month beginning with the date of receipt of the application, must—\n(a) acknowledge receipt of the application; and\n(b) inform the applicant of any missing document required for the purposes of the application.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 paras. 4A, 4B and cross-headings inserted (3.12.2007) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3101), regs. 1(2), 33(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 4B inserted (1.12.2023) by The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1286), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 16(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/54/schedule/3/paragraph/4B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:04:57.676542+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."
}