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16 Registration of qualifications.U.K.

(1)A person registered under [F1section 3, [F214A,] 15 or 15A] above [F3or 18A below] shall be entitled to have registered [F4any primary United Kingdom] qualification or qualifications or primary European qualification or qualifications which he holds when he is so registered and also—

(a)any other primary United Kingdom qualification or qualification specified in [F5Annex V, point 5.1.1 of the Directive (evidence of formal qualifications in basic medical training)] which he obtains after registration;

(b)subject to subsection (3) below, any additional qualification which [F6the General Council] determine ought to be registrable by virtue of this paragraph which he holds when he is registered or obtains thereafter;

(c)any F7. . . qualification which is for the time being registrable by virtue of section 26(1)(b) below which he holds when he is registered or obtains thereafter.

(2)In this Act “additional qualification” means any qualification granted in [F8a relevant European State] other than F9... a qualification specified in [F10Annex V, point 5.1.1 of the Directive (evidence of formal qualifications in basic medical training)].

(3)If [F6the General Council] determine that any such qualification as is mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above ought not to be registrable by virtue of that paragraph if granted before or after a particular date, a person holding that qualification shall not be entitled to have it registered if it was granted to him before or, as the case may be, after that date.

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F1Words in s. 16(1) substituted (4.12.2000) by S.I. 2000/3041, reg. 4(1)

F7Words in s. 16(1)(c) omitted (17.12.2002) by virtue of The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135), arts. 1(2)(f), 9(2) (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)

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