{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-act-1983/section-19A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-act-1983/section-19A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/54",
  "legislation_title": "Medical Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-act-1983",
  "path": "section/19A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19A",
  "heading": "Full registration of EEA nationals etc by virtue of overseas qualifications accepted by a relevant European State ...",
  "text": "An exempt person—\n(za) who has made an application for registration under this section before IP completion day,\n(a) whose case falls within regulation 3(8)(e) of the General Systems Regulations,\n(b) to whom regulations 27 to 34 of those Regulations apply by reason of the operation of regulation 3(5) of those Regulations,\n(c) who is permitted to pursue the profession of medical practitioner in the United Kingdom by virtue of Part 3 of those Regulations (having, in particular, successfully completed any adaptation period, or passed any aptitude test, that he may be required to undertake pursuant to that Part of those Regulations), and\n(d) whose fitness to practise is not impaired,\nis entitled to be registered under this section as a fully registered medical practitioner.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 19A inserted (3.12.2007) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3101), regs. 1(2), 14"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 19A(za) inserted (31.12.2020) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 13(3) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 1 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 8(2), 9); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 19A(a) substituted (18.11.2016) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1030), regs. 1, 7(2) (with reg. 155)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 19A(b) substituted (18.11.2016) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1030), regs. 1, 7(3)(a) (with reg. 155)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in s. 19A(b) substituted (18.11.2016) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1030), regs. 1, 7(3)(b) (with reg. 155)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 19A heading 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. 1 para. 13(2) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 1 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 9); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/54/section/19A",
    "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."
}