Medical Act 1983

16 Registration of qualifications.U.K.

(1)A person registered under section 3 above or section 15 above shall be entitled to have registered the 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 Schedule 2 to this Act which he obtains after registration;

(b)subject to subsection (3) below, any additional qualification which the Education Committee determine ought to be registrable by virtue of this paragraph which he holds when he is registered or obtains thereafter;

(c)any recognised overseas qualification or other 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 a member State of the Communities other than a primary United Kingdom qualification or a qualification specified in Schedule 2 to this Act.

(3)If the Education Committee 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.