Recognition of Professional Qualifications

L.N. 135 of 2019

MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS ACT

(CAP. 451)

Recognition of Professional Qualifications

(Amendment) Regulations, 2019

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 8 of the

Mutual Recognition of Qualifications Act, the Minister for Education

and Employment has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Recognition of Citation.

Professional Qualifications (Amendment) Regulations, 2019, and

these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the

Recognition of Professional Qualifications Regulations, hereinafter S.L. 451.03

referred to as "the principal regulations".

In sub-regulation (2) of regulation 7 of the principal Amends

regulations, for the words "referred to in regulation 4(1)" there shall regulation

the principal

be substituted the words "referred to in sub-regulation (1)".

regulations.

Regulation 8 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 8 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a)

in sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) thereof, for the

words "referred to in regulation 9(4)" there shall be substituted

the words "referred to in regulation 9(2)"; and

(b) immediately after the words "for the benefit of

insured persons." in paragraph (b) thereof, there shall be added

the words "The service provider shall inform in advance or, in

an urgent case, afterwards, the public social security body of the

services which he has provided.".

In paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (4) of regulation 9 of the Amends

principal regulations, for the words "which do not benefit from regulation

the principal

automatic recognition under Part III, Section III," there shall be regulations.

substituted the words "which do not benefit from automatic

recognition under Part III, Section II and Section III,".

In regulation 13 of the principal regulations, for the words Amends

"For the purpose of regulations 12 and 16," there shall be substituted regulation

the principal

the words "For the purpose of regulations 15 and 16,".

regulations.

In sub-regulation (2) of regulation 16 of the principal

regulations, for the words "derogation may be sought in advance,

providing sufficient justification." there shall be substituted the words

"it shall inform the other Member States and the Commission in

advance and provide sufficient justification.".

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