The General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Amendment Order 2005

Made26th July 2005

Laid before Parliament8th August 2005

Coming into force30th September 2005

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19721 in relation to measures relating to access to, the training for, the pursuit of, and the award of qualifications in the profession of medicine and its specialties2, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 2(2), and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

1

This Order may be cited as the General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Amendment Order 2005.

2

This Order shall come into force on 30th September 2005.

Amendment of Schedule 32

In Schedule 3 to the General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2003 (specialties in which the UK awards a CCT, and any minimum training periods)3, in Part 2, insert in the table in the appropriate alphabetical position “Sport and exercise medicine”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health

Rosie WintertonMinister of State,Department of HealthDate: 26 July 2005

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2003 (“the 2003 Order”). It inserts the new specialty of sport and exercise medicine into Schedule 3 to the Order. Schedule 3 sets out the specialties in which the United Kingdom awards specialist qualifications (Certificates of Completion of Training).

The 2003 Order implements in part obligations under Directive 93/16/EEC (as amended) insofar as that Directive relates to the training of, the award of qualifications to, and the recognition of the qualifications of, specialist medical practitioners.