# The Veterinary Surgeons’ Qualifications (European Recognition and Knowledge of Language) Regulations 2015, Regulation 4: Amendment of section 5B

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In section 5B (registration of Community rights entitled persons: knowledge and skill), in subsection (1)—
(a) in the opening words, after the second “entitled”, insert “under this section”;
(b) 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;
(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
(c) 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”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/2073/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-qualifications-european-recognition-and-knowledge-of-language-regulations-2015/regulation-4
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