Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 1281
OSTEOPATHS
The General Osteopathic Council (Recognition of Qualifications) Rules Order of Council 2000
Made
28th April 2000
Coming into force
9th May 2000
At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 28th day of April, 2000
By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council
Whereas in exercise of its powers under sections 3(6) and 14(9) of the Osteopaths Act 1993 ( “the Act") the General Osteopathic Council has made the General Osteopathic Council (Recognition of Qualifications) Rules 2000 as set out in the Schedule to this Order:
And whereas by section 35(1) of the Act the approval of the Privy Council is required for this exercise of the powers of the General Osteopathic Council:
Now, therefore, Their Lordships, having taken the Rules into consideration, in exercise of their powers under section 36 of the Act, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, are pleased to approve them.
This Order may be cited as the General Osteopathic Council (Recognition of Qualifications) Rules Order of Council 2000, and shall come into force on 9th May 2000.
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council
SCHEDULE THE GENERAL OSTEOPATHIC COUNCIL (RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS) RULES 2000
The General Osteopathic Council, in exercise of their powers under sections 3(6) and 14(9) of the Osteopaths Act 1993 , and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Rules:
Citation and commencement
1. These Rules may be cited as the General Osteopathic Council (Recognition of Qualifications) Rules 2000 and shall come into force on 9th May 2000.
Interpretation
2. In these Rules—
“the Act" means the Osteopaths Act 1993; and
“the Committee" means the Education Committee established by section 1(5)(a) of the Act.
Statement of the Education Committee
3. The Committee shall publish a statement, and may from time to time amend the statement, indicating—
(a) matters on which the Committee will wish to be satisfied before advising the General Council to recognise a qualification under subsection (2) of section 14 of the Act; and
(b) matters which may cause the Committee to advise the General Council not to recognise a qualification under that subsection.
Non-United Kingdom Qualifications
4.—(1) A person who—
(a) has obtained a qualification in osteopathy outside the United Kingdom;
(b) does not hold a recognised qualification ; but
(c) satisfies the Registrar that he has reached the required standard of proficiency
shall be treated as holding a recognised qualification for the purposes of the Act.
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Given under the official seal of the General Osteopathic Council this 19th day of April Two Thousand.
L.S.
Simon Fielding
Chairman
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, made under the Osteopaths Act 1993 (“the Act"), approves Rules made by the General Osteopathic Council (“GOsC")—
requiring the Education Committee of the GOsC to publish a statement indicating matters which will be taken into account by the Committee when advising the GOsC whether or not to recognise a qualification for the purposes of the Act. The statement can be obtained from the GOsC at Osteopathy House, 176 Tower Bridge Road, London SE1 3LU; and
providing for a person with a qualification in osteopathy obtained outside the UK, not holding a recognised qualification, but who satisfies the Registrar of the GOsC that he has reached the required standard of proficiency, to be treated as having a recognised qualification.