{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-and-animal-welfare-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-5A",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2019/454",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Surgeons and Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-and-animal-welfare-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/5A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5A",
  "heading": "Applications under the Act: Swiss citizens’ rights agreement entitled persons",
  "text": "(1) In this regulation, “qualifying applicant” has the meaning given by paragraph 51 of Schedule 1 to the Recognition of Professional Qualifications (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (qualifications begun before IP completion day – extended period for applications under the Swiss citizens’ rights agreement).\n(2) In relation to a qualifying applicant, the Act has effect as if the amendments made by regulation 2 did not apply, and as if—\n(a) in section 2(2)(a), for “, 5A or 5B” there were substituted “or 5A”;\n(b) for the heading to section 5A there were substituted “Registration of Swiss citizens’ rights agreement entitled persons”;\n(c) in section 5A—\n(i) in subsection (1)—\n(aa) for “Community rights” there were substituted “Swiss citizens’ rights agreement”;\n(bb) in paragraph (a), “European” were omitted;\n(ii) in subsection (3)—\n(aa) in paragraph (a), “European” were omitted;\n(bb) in paragraph (c), for “a relevant European State” there were substituted “Switzerland”;\n(cc) for paragraph (d) there were substituted—\n“(d) if the person is not a national of the United Kingdom or Switzerland, proof that the person is a Swiss citizens’ rights agreement entitled person;”;\n(iii) in subsection (5), for “a competent authority of a relevant European State” there were substituted “the Swiss competent authority”;\n(iv) in subsection (6)(a)—\n(aa) “European”, in the first place it occurs, were omitted;\n(bb) for “that is not the relevant European State in which the evidence of qualification was issued” there were substituted “other than Switzerland”;\n(v) in subsection (7), for “a competent authority in the issuing State” there were substituted “the Swiss competent authority”;\n(vi) in subsection (10), for paragraph (a)(i) there were substituted—\n“(i) Switzerland; or”;\n(d) section 5B (and the references to it in sections 5ZBA(1)(a), 5BA(1), 6(1)(b)(ii) and (6) and 10(3), and, where it occurs, the word “or” immediately preceding any such reference) were omitted;\n(e) in the heading to section 5BA, for “Community rights” there were substituted “Swiss citizens’ rights agreement”;\n(f) in section 5BA, in subsections (1) and (2), for “Community rights”, in both places it occurs, there were substituted “Swiss citizens’ rights agreement”;\n(g) section 5CA (and the references to it in sections 5CD(1) and (2), 5CE(1) and 5D(1), and in the headings to sections 5CD and 5CE) were omitted;\n(h) section 5CB (and the references to it in sections 5CD(1) and (2), 5CE(1) and 5D(1), and in the headings to sections 5CD and 5CE) were omitted;\n(i) in section 27—\n(i) in the definitions of “Directive 2005/36/EC” and “the Directive table”, for “amended from time to time” there were substituted “it applied immediately before IP completion day”;\n(ii) immediately before the definition of “veterinary surgery” there were inserted—\n““Swiss citizens’ rights agreement entitled person” means a person within the meaning of paragraph 51 of Schedule 1 to the Recognition of Professional Qualifications (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (qualifications begun before IP completion day – extended period for applications under the Swiss citizens’ rights agreement);”;\n(j) in Schedule 1A—\n(i) for the heading there were substituted “REGISTRATION OF SWISS CITIZENS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT ENTITLED PERSONS”;\n(ii) in paragraphs 1(1), 2(1) and (3), 3(1), and 4, in each place it precedes “veterinary surgeon”, “European” were omitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 5A inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Professional Qualifications and Services (Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1038), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5A in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/454/regulation/5A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:45:48.254743+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."
}