The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007

Amendment of section 44B U.K.

23.  In section 44B M1 (provision of information in respect of fitness to practise matters)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) after “provision of this Act” insert “ , other than Schedule 2A, ”,

(ii) in paragraph (a), for “because of his involvement in a serious matter or a problem” substitute “ as a result of serious, specific circumstances or because of a problem ”, and

(iii) in paragraph (b), for “that matter or problem” substitute “ those circumstances or that problem ”;

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) in paragraph (a), for “section 18 above” substitute “ Schedule 2A ”, and

(ii) in paragraph (b)—

(aa) after “fully registered” insert “ otherwise than by virtue of Schedule 2A, ” and

(bb) for “because of his involvement in a serious matter or a problem” substitute “ as a result of serious, specific circumstances or because of a problem ”;

(c) for subsection (3) substitute—

“(3) In subsections (1) and (2), “serious, specific circumstances” has the same meaning as in article 56(2) of the Directive (exchange between authorities of information about disciplinary action etc.).”;

(d) omit subsections (5) to (9); and

(e) after subsection (10) insert—

“(11) Any provision made under subsection (2)(a) has effect subject to section 44BA below.”.

Marginal Citations

M1 Section 44B was inserted by S.I. 2006/1914; in that S.I. as originally printed, the inserted section 44B had two subsections (9), but a correction slip was issued confirming that the second of them is in fact subsection (10).