Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 462
Health Care And Associated Professions
The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
Made
20th February 2008
Laid before Parliament
28th February 2008
Coming into force
31st March 2008
The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 1 ).
He has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) in relation to the recognition of higher-education diplomas, formal qualifications or experience in the occupation, required for the pursuit of professions or occupations( 2 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and come into force on 31st March 2008.
Amendment of the commencement arrangements in the European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007
2. In regulation 1 of the European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007( 3 ) (citation, commencement and extent), in paragraph (3), for “on 1st April 2008” substitute “on the coming into force of article 21 of the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007( 4 ) (the Register of Pharmacy Technicians)”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Ben Bradshaw
Minister of State,
Department of Health
20th February 2008