17.—(1) Where a registration application is received from a Swiss social care worker before the end of the Swiss recognition period, any provision made by or under the 2001 Act continues to apply in relation to the application (including any appeal arising from it) without the amendments that Part 1 of this Schedule makes to the provisions mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) (but subject to the modifications specified in sub-paragraph (4)).
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph, a “Swiss social care worker” is a qualifying applicant who had not, before IP completion day, made a registration application (other than an application for registration in the visiting European part of the register).
(3) The provisions of the 2001 Act mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) are—
(a)section 2(5);
(b)section 3 other than subsections (1)(c) and (2A)(c);
(c)section 11.
(4) The modifications to the 2001 Act mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) are—
(a)section 2(5) is to be read as if at the end there were inserted “as (and only to the extent that) they have effect, after IP completion day, in relation to an entitlement which arises in relation to a relevant qualification (within the meaning of regulation 1A of the European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019)”;
(b)section 11(A1) is to be read as if for the reference to an exempt person there were substituted a reference to a Swiss social care worker within the meaning given in paragraph 17 of this Part of this Schedule.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 10 para. 17 inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (EFTA States) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1394), regs. 1(2), 18(6)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 10 para. 17 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)