Regulation 4 Amendment of section 5BI1

in the opening words, after the second “entitled”, insert “under this section”;

for paragraphs (b) and (c), substitute—

“(b)

the person’s case falls within regulation 3(8)(a), (c) or (e) of the European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015^f1;

(c)

regulations 27 to 34 of those Regulations apply to the person by reason of the operation of regulation 3(5) of those Regulations;”; and

at the end, before the full stop, insert—

“;

(e)

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

(f)

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”.