{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-qualifications-european-recognition-and-knowledge-of-language-regulations-2015/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-qualifications-european-recognition-and-knowledge-of-language-regulations-2015/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/2073",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Surgeons’ Qualifications (European Recognition and Knowledge of Language) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-qualifications-european-recognition-and-knowledge-of-language-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of section 5A",
  "text": "In section 5A (registration of Community rights entitled persons: European qualifications)—\n(a) in subsection (1)—\n(i) in the opening words, after the second “entitled”, insert “under this section”;\n(ii) before paragraph (a), insert—\n“(za) the person is not entitled under section 3 to be registered in the register;”\n(iii) omit the word “and” immediately preceding paragraph (c); and\n(iv) at the end, before the full stop, insert—\n“;\n(d) the registrar, where an alert has been received under Article 56a of Directive 2005/36/EC in respect of that person, is of the opinion that the substance of the alert does not render the person unfit to practise veterinary surgery; and\n(e) the registrar does not have a serious and concrete doubt that the person has a knowledge of language sufficient to practise as a veterinary surgeon in the United Kingdom”; and\n(b) in subsection (3)—\n(i) in paragraph (a)(i), for “Table A of Schedule 1A”, substitute “the Directive table”;\n(ii) in paragraph (a)(ii), for “Table”, substitute “table”;\n(iii) in paragraphs (c) and (d), omit “other than the United Kingdom”;\n(iv) omit the word “and” immediately preceding paragraph (e); and\n(v) at the end, before the full stop, insert—\n“; and\n(f) evidence that the person has a knowledge of language sufficient to practise as a veterinary surgeon in the United Kingdom”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 18.1.2016, see reg. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/2073/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:28:40.165762+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."
}