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The European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) (Second General System) Regulations 2002
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- 2002 No. 2934
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Regulated Profession, Regulated Professional Activity and Regulated Education and TrainingU.K.
4.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, a profession is regulated—
(a)in the United Kingdom—
(i)if it is, or a professional title or designatory letters associated with the pursuit of the profession is or are, listed in Schedule 1 to the First General System Regulations or in Schedule 2 to these Regulations; or
(ii)at any time when it is not so listed, if and in so far as any professional activity or range of such activities which constitutes the profession is regulated within the meaning of paragraph (2);
(b)in another relevant State if and in so far as any professional activity or range of such activities which constitutes the profession is regulated within the meaning of paragraph (2).
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, a professional activity is regulated in a relevant State if and in so far as—
(a)the practice, or any mode of practice, of that activity in that relevant State is subject, directly or indirectly, by virtue of laws, regulations or administrative provisions, to the possession of evidence of education and training or an Attestation of Competence; or
(b)it is practised under a professional title or designatory letters the use of which is reserved to holders of evidence of education and training or an Attestation of Competence governed by laws, regulations or administrative provisions; or
(c)it relates to health and the remuneration or reimbursement received for the practice of the activity in the relevant State in question is, by virtue of national arrangements for the administration of social security, subject to the possession of evidence of education and training or an Attestation of Competence; or
(d)it is practised by members of a professional association.
(3) For the purposes of these Regulations, education and training is regulated if—
(a)it is listed in Schedule 5; or
(b)it is specifically geared to the pursuit of a given profession in a relevant State, and comprises a course or courses complemented where appropriate by professional training or probationary or professional practice the structure and level of which are determined by the laws, regulations or administrative provisions of that relevant State or which are monitored or approved by the competent authority.
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