Regulation 21 Prohibited requirements

(1)

A competent authority must not make access to, or the exercise of, a service activity subject to any of the following—

F1(a)

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(b)

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(c)

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(d)

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(e)

the case-by-case application of an economic test making the granting of authorisation subject to—

(i)

proof of the existence of an economic need or market demand,

(ii)

an assessment of the potential or current economic effects of the activity, or

(iii)

an assessment of the appropriateness of the activity in relation to the economic planning objectives set by the competent authority;

(f)

the direct or indirect involvement of competing operators, including within consultative bodies—

(i)

in the granting of authorisations, or

(ii)

in the adoption of other decisions of the competent authorities;

F2(g)

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(h)

an obligation—

(i)

to have been pre-registered, for a given period, in registers held in the United Kingdom, or

(ii)

to have previously exercised the activity for a given period in the United Kingdom.

(2)

Paragraph (1)(e) does not affect planning requirements that do not pursue economic aims but serve overriding reasons relating to the public interest.

(3)

Paragraph (1)(f)—

(a)

does not prevent professional bodies and associations or other organisations acting as the competent authority, and

(b)

does not affect the consultation of organisations, such as chambers of commerce or social partners, on matters other than individual applications for authorisation, or a consultation of the public at large.

F3(4)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 21(1)(a)-(d) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Provision of Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1329), regs. 1(1), 13(1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Reg. 21(1)(g) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Provision of Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1329), regs. 1(1), 13(1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Reg. 21(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Provision of Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1329), regs. 1(1), 13(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)