# The Veterinary Surgeons and Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Regulation 5A: Applications under the Act: Swiss citizens’ rights agreement entitled persons


(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).
(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—
(a) in section 2(2)(a), for “, 5A or 5B” there were substituted “or 5A”;
(b) for the heading to section 5A there were substituted “Registration of Swiss citizens’ rights agreement entitled persons”;
(c) in section 5A—
(i) in subsection (1)—
(aa) for “Community rights” there were substituted “Swiss citizens’ rights agreement”;
(bb) in paragraph (a), “European” were omitted;
(ii) in subsection (3)—
(aa) in paragraph (a), “European” were omitted;
(bb) in paragraph (c), for “a relevant European State” there were substituted “Switzerland”;
(cc) for paragraph (d) there were substituted—
“(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;”;
(iii) in subsection (5), for “a competent authority of a relevant European State” there were substituted “the Swiss competent authority”;
(iv) in subsection (6)(a)—
(aa) “European”, in the first place it occurs, were omitted;
(bb) for “that is not the relevant European State in which the evidence of qualification was issued” there were substituted “other than Switzerland”;
(v) in subsection (7), for “a competent authority in the issuing State” there were substituted “the Swiss competent authority”;
(vi) in subsection (10), for paragraph (a)(i) there were substituted—
“(i) Switzerland; or”;
(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;
(e) in the heading to section 5BA, for “Community rights” there were substituted “Swiss citizens’ rights agreement”;
(f) in section 5BA, in subsections (1) and (2), for “Community rights”, in both places it occurs, there were substituted “Swiss citizens’ rights agreement”;
(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;
(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;
(i) in section 27—
(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”;
(ii) immediately before the definition of “veterinary surgery” there were inserted—
““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);”;
(j) in Schedule 1A—
(i) for the heading there were substituted “REGISTRATION OF SWISS CITIZENS’ RIGHTS AGREEMENT ENTITLED PERSONS”;
(ii) in paragraphs 1(1), 2(1) and (3), 3(1), and 4, in each place it precedes “veterinary surgeon”, “European” were omitted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/454/regulation/5A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-and-animal-welfare-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-5A
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