SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 2
Amendments etc. of the principal Regulations and the 2007 Regulations
PART 1
Amendments of the principal Regulations coming into force before exit day
1. The principal Regulations are amended as follows.
2. In Schedule 1 (regulated professions), in Part 1 (professions regulated by law or public authority), omit the entry “Child Psychotherapist employed in the National Health Service” in column 1 (profession) and the corresponding entry in column 2 (competent authority).
3. In Schedule 2 (regulated professions having public health and safety implications), omit the entry “Child Psychotherapist (employed in the National Health Service)”.
4. In Schedule 5 (appeal bodies), in the table—
(a) in the entry “Approved Driving Instructor (Great Britain)”—
(i) in column 1, for “Great Britain”, substitute “England and Wales”;
(ii) in the corresponding entry in column 2, for “First-tier Tribunal”, substitute “The Magistrates’ Court”;
(b) above the entry “Approved Driving Instructor (Northern Ireland)”—
(i) in column 1, insert “Approved Driving Instructor (Scotland)”;
(ii) insert “The Sheriff Court” in the corresponding entry in column 2;
(c) in relation to the entry “Notary Public in England and Wales” in column 1, in the corresponding entry in column 2, for “The Lord Chancellor”, substitute “Chancellor of the High Court”.
PART 2
Amendments of the principal Regulations coming into force on exit day
5. The principal Regulations are amended as follows.
6. In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) omit the following definitions—
“adaptation period”
“another relevant European State”;
“aptitude test”;
“Commission”;
“common training framework”;
“common training test”;
“compensation measures”;
“designated competent authority”;
“enactment”;
“European Professional Card”;
“the GDPR”;
“host State”;
“IMI”;
“Implementing Regulation 2015”
“lifelong learning”;
“manager of an undertaking”;
“missing document”;
“overriding reasons of general interest”;
“professional experience”;
“professional rules”;
“relevant body”;
“sectoral professions”;
“third country”;
“UK applicant”;
(i) in the definition of “applicant”, for “regulation 8(3) and (4)” substitute “regulation 8(4)”;
(ii) in the definition of “assistance centre”, omit the words from “and to issue a European Professional Card” to the end;
(iii) in the definition of “competent authority”—
(aa) in paragraph (a), for “(4)” substitute “(3)”;
(bb) in paragraph (b), for “another” substitute “a”;
(iv) in the definition of “home State”, omit “or in which they lawfully practised”;
(v) in the definition of “holder”, after “competent authority of” insert “the United Kingdom or”;
(vi) in the definition of “practice”, omit “in a relevant European State”;
(vii) for the definition of “relevant European State”, substitute—
““relevant European State” means an EEA State or Switzerland;”;
(b) omit paragraphs (2), (3) and (6).
7. For regulation 3 (application) substitute—
“3. These Regulations do not apply in relation to—
(a) any profession regulated under—
(i) the Medical Act 19837;
(ii) the Dentists Act 19848;
(iii) the Opticians Act 19899;
(iv) the Osteopaths Act 199310;
(v) the Chiropractors Act 199411;
(vi) Part 3 of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 200112;
(vii) Part 4 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 201613;
(viii) Part 2 of the Children and Social Work Act 201714;
(ix) the Nursing and Midwifery Order 200115;
(x) the Health and Social Work Professions Order 200116;
(xi) Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 200117;
(xii) the Pharmacy Order 201018;
(xiii) the Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 200119;
(b) the profession of architect;
(c) the profession of veterinary surgeon;
(d) the profession of farrier in England, Wales and Scotland;
(e) the profession of statutory auditor as defined in section 1210 of the Companies Act 200620;
(f) the profession of notary appointed by an official act of government;
(g) any regulated profession in relation to which, immediately before exit day—
(i) specific arrangements directly related to the recognition of professional qualifications were made in any EU Regulation, EU Directive, EU decision or EU tertiary legislation; and
(ii) the effect of those arrangements excluded the application of the Directive.”.
8. In regulation 4 (competent authorities)—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) for “any of Parts 1 to 3” substitute “Parts 1 and 2”;
(ii) for “the Directive” substitute “these Regulations”;
(b) in paragraph (2), for “the Directive”, substitute “these Regulations”;
(c) omit paragraphs (3) and (4);
(d) in paragraph (5)—
(i) for “another” substitute “a”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), omit “attestation of competence,”;
(iii) omit sub-paragraph (b), but not the “or” following it;
(iv) omit the words from “or (as the case may be)” to the end.
9. In regulation 5 (functions of competent authorities in the United Kingdom)—
(a) omit paragraphs (2) and (3);
(b) for paragraph (4), substitute—
“4 A competent authority must—
(a) act as a point of single contact for their regulated professions; and
(b) provide applicants with all...
