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Section 5ZBA Requirement to demonstrate knowledge of languageF1F2

(1)

This section applies where—

(a)

the registrar has a serious and concrete doubt about whether a person has a knowledge of language sufficient to practise as a veterinary surgeon in the United Kingdom, as mentioned in F3... section 6(1)(d); F4...

(b)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)

The registrar may—

(a)

require the person to demonstrate that that person has a knowledge of language sufficient to practise as a veterinary surgeon in the United Kingdom; and

(b)

refuse to register that person in the register until that person has done so.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Ss. 5B, 5BA substituted for s. 5B (6.8.2008) by The Veterinary Surgeons Qualifications (European Recognition) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1824), reg. 1, Sch. para. 7 (with reg. 4)

F2

S. 5ZBA inserted (18.1.2016) by The Veterinary Surgeons Qualifications (European Recognition and Knowledge of Language) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/2073), regs. 1(b), 5

F3

Words in s. 5ZBA(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Veterinary Surgeons and Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/454), regs. 1(1), 2(8)(a) (with regs. 3-5A) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1225, regs. 1(3), 22 and S.I. 2020/1038, regs. 1(3), Sch. 2 paras. 2, 3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4

S. 5ZBA(1)(b) and word omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Veterinary Surgeons and Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/454), regs. 1(1), 2(8)(b) (with regs. 3-5A) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1225, regs. 1(3), 22 and S.I. 2020/1038, regs. 1(3), Sch. 2 paras. 2, 3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)