HL Deb 05 May 1978 vol 391 cc615-7

73 Schedule 5, page 34, leave out lines 42 to 44 and insert— 22. For subsection (2) of section 8 of the Act of 1956 there shall be substituted the following subsections— (2) In this Act " additional qualification " means any qualification granted in a member State of the Communities other than a qualification specified in Part I or Part II of Schedule 3 to this Act. (3) A person registered under section 7 or 17 of this Act shall be entitled to have registered any qualification specified in Part I or Part II of Schedule 3 to this Act which he obtains in addition to the qualification or qualifications by virtue of which he was so registered.".

22A. In section 10 of the Act of 1956 the following amendments shall be made—

  1. (a) in subsection (2), for the words body granting any primary " there shall be substituted the words " body in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland granting any primary United Kingdom qualification, primary Irish qualification "; and
  2. (b) in subsection (4), for the words " examination to be gone through in order to obtain a primary " there shall be substituted the words examination held in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland which has to be gone through in order to obtain a primary United Kingdom qualification, primary Irish qualification "."

74 Page 35, leave out lines 3 to 5 and insert— (a) for subsections (1) and (2) there shall be substituted the following subsections—

  1. "(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a qualifying examination for the purposes of this Part of this Act is an examination held by any of the bodies or combinations of bodies specified in subsection (2) below for the purpose of granting one or more primary United Kingdom or primary Irish qualifications.
  2. (2) The bodies and combinations of bodies entitled to hold qualifying examinations are—
    1. (a) any of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle, Bristol, Nottingham, Southampton, Wales, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Dundee, the Queen's University of Belfast, the University of Dublin and the National University of Ireland, or a combination of any two or more of the universities specified in this paragraph;
    2. (b) a combination of the Royal College of Physicians of London and the Royal College of Surgeons of England;
    3. (c) a combination of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow;
    4. (d) the Society of Apothecaries of London;
    5. (e) with the approval and under the directions of the Education Committee, a combination of any two or more of the bodies specified in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) above;
    6. (f) a combination of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland."."

75 Page 35, leave out lines 11 and 12 and insert— (c) subsection (4) shall be omitted.

76 Page 35, leave out lines 21 and 23 and insert— 25. In section 13 of the Act of 1956, the following amendments shall be made—

  1. (a) in subsection (1), after the word " primary " there shall be inserted the words " United Kingdom or primary Irish "; and
  2. (b) in subsection (3), the words from " and while such an order " to the end shall be omitted.

25A. In section 15(7)(a) of the Act of 1956, for the words "a qualifying examination " there shall be substituted the words " an examination "."

77 Page 35, line 40, at end insert— 28A. In section 28(2) of the Act of 1956, for the words " British subject " there shall be substituted the words " Commonwealth citizen ".

78 Page 36, line 31, at end insert— 34A. In section 52 of the Act of 1956 the following amendments shall be made—

  1. (a) in subsections (1) and (2), after the word " enactment " there shall be inserted the words " passed before 1st January 1979" and after the word " shall " there shall be inserted the words " unless the contrary intention appears "; and
  2. (b) after subsection (2) there shall be added the following subsection—
(3) In any Act passed on or after 1st January 1979 the expression " registered medical practitioner " shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed to mean a fully registered person within the meaning of the Medical Act 1956.".

Lord WELLS-PESTELL

My Lords, I beg to move that this House cloth agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 73 to 78. They are consequential.

Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendments.—(Lord Wells-Pestell.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.