Regulation 5 Insertion of section 5ZBAI1

After section 5B, insert—

“Requirement to demonstrate knowledge of language

5ZBA.

(1)

This section applies where—

(a)

the registrar has a serious and concrete doubt about whether a person has a knowledge of language sufficient to practise as a veterinary surgeon in the United Kingdom, as mentioned in section 5A(1)(e), section 5B(1)(f) and section 6(1)(d); or

(b)

the registrar is not satisfied that evidence provided by a person under section 5A(3)(f) or paragraph 5(3)(e) of Schedule 1B shows that person to have a knowledge of language sufficient to practise as a veterinary surgeon in the United Kingdom.

(2)

The registrar may—

(a)

require the person to demonstrate that that person has a knowledge of language sufficient to practise as a veterinary surgeon in the United Kingdom; and

(b)

refuse to register that person in the register until that person has done so.”.