{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-training-prioritisation-act-2026/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-training-prioritisation-act-2026/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/7",
  "legislation_title": "Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/medical-training-prioritisation-act-2026",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "“UK medical graduate” and “the priority group”",
  "text": "(1) In this Act, “UK medical graduate” means a person who holds a primary United Kingdom qualification within the meaning of the Medical Act 1983 (see section 4(3) of that Act), but does not include a person who spent all or a majority of their time training for that qualification outside the British Islands.\n(2) A person is in the priority group for the purposes of this Act if they are within subsection (3) or (4).\n(3) A person is within this subsection if—\n(a) they hold a primary medical qualification from an institution in Ireland, and\n(b) they did not spend all or a majority of their time training for that qualification outside Ireland.\n(4) A person is within this subsection if they hold a primary medical qualification from an institution in—\n(a) Iceland,\n(b) Principality of Liechtenstein,\n(c) Norway, or\n(d) Switzerland.\n(5) In subsections (3) and (4), “primary medical qualification” means a qualification that is treated by the General Medical Council as equivalent to a primary United Kingdom qualification within the meaning of the Medical Act 1983.\n(6) The appropriate authority may by regulations amend the list in subsection (4) if the appropriate authority considers it necessary to do so to reflect an international agreement to which the United Kingdom is a party.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 8(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 4 in force at 6.3.2026 by S.I. 2026/221, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/7/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:42:28.420533+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."
}