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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recognition-of-professional-qualifications-and-implementation-of-international-recognition-agreements-amendment-regulations-2023/schedule-3/paragraph-21/enacted",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/1286",
  "legislation_title": "The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/recognition-of-professional-qualifications-and-implementation-of-international-recognition-agreements-amendment-regulations-2023/enacted",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/21",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Dentists Act 1984",
  "text": "In section 15A (supplementary provisions as to the necessary knowledge of English)—\n(a) after subsection (4), insert—\n(4A) Where the applicant is applying in reliance on a specified state qualification, the registrar may not request more evidence, information or documents than is necessary to demonstrate to the registrar that the applicant has the necessary knowledge of English.\n;\n(b) after subsection (6), insert—\n(6A) Where the registrar requires an applicant who makes an application in reliance on a specified state qualification to undergo an examination or other assessment, the examination or assessment must be proportionate to the knowledge of English referred to in section 15(3)(ba).\n.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "enacted",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 21 in force at 1.12.2023, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 15A was inserted by S.I. 2015/806. There are amendments to section 15A but none is relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1286/schedule/3/paragraph/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:37:53.365139+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."
}