Veterinary Surgeons' Qualifications (European Recognition) Order 2003

Rights of nationals of member States to render veterinary services in the United Kingdom temporarily

10.—(1) If he complies with the requirements of this article it shall be lawful for a national of a member State lawfully practising veterinary surgery in a member State other than the United Kingdom on visiting the United Kingdom to render veterinary services there temporarily without first being registered under the Act.

(2) A person intending to render such services shall provide the registrar with—

(a)a statement in writing giving particulars of the services to be rendered and the period or periods in which he expects to render them; and

(b)a certificate (or certificates) issued by the competent authority of a member State bearing a date not less recent than 12 months prior to the date on which it is provided stating—

(i)that he is lawfully practising veterinary surgery in a member State other than the United Kingdom; and

(ii)that he holds a qualification in veterinary surgery which member States are required by the Recognition Directive to recognise.

(3) In an urgent case, the documents to be provided under paragraph (2) above may be provided after the services have been rendered but shall be provided as soon as possible and in any event not more than fifteen days after the date on which the practitioner first rendered the services.

(4) Where a person complies with the requirements of paragraph (2) above, the registrar shall register him under this article as a visiting European veterinary surgeon for such period or periods as, having regard to the particulars given in the declaration referred to in paragraph (2)(a) above, he considers appropriate.

(5) The registrar shall keep as part of the register kept under section 2 of the Act a list, to be called the list of visiting European veterinary surgeons, of persons registered from time to time under this article, with their names and qualifications, and the periods for which their registrations are or were effective.

(6) No fee shall be charged and no application shall be required for registration as a visiting European veterinary surgeon and accordingly sections 10 and 11 of the Act (applications and power to charge fees for registration) shall not apply in relation to such practitioners.

(7) Paragraph (1) above does not apply to a person, and that person shall not be registered as a visiting European veterinary surgeon, at a time when he is subject—

(a)to a disqualifying decision in a member State; or

(b)to a prohibition imposed on him by the disciplinary committee under article 11 below.

(8) A person shall no longer be registered as a visiting European veterinary surgeon if—

(a)he becomes established in practice in the United Kingdom as a veterinary surgeon; or

(b)he renders, save in a case of urgency, veterinary services in the United Kingdom otherwise than in accordance with a declaration made by him under paragraph (2)(a) above.

(9) A national of a member State who complies with the requirements of paragraph (2) above and who renders veterinary services in the United Kingdom without first being registered under the Act or under this article shall be deemed to be registered for the purposes of the following sections of the Act—

(a)section 19 (restriction of practice of veterinary surgery by unregistered persons); and

(b)section 20 (restrictions on use of practitioners' titles by unregistered persons).