§ Interpretation
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1. In this Part of this Schedule—
a practitioner to whom this Part applies" means a person who either is registered on the repeal date under section 25 of the Medical Act 1956 in the register of temporarily registered medical practitioners or was so registered at any time within the period of twelve months ending with that date;
the repeal date" means the day on which, by virtue of subsection (1) of section (Replacement of provisions of Part III of Medical Act 1956) of this Act, the said section 25 is repealed;
temporary registration" means registration under the said section 25 and "temporarily registered" shall be construed accordingly.
§ Temporary preservation of status
§ 2. A practitioner to whom this Part applies whose temporary registration is in 605 force on the repeal date shall, notwithstanding the repeal of the said section 25, continue to be treated until the end of the period specified in the direction by virtue of which he was registered under that section or the earlier termination of the employment to which the direction relates as registered as a fully registered medical practitioner in relation to that employment and to things done or omitted in the course thereof and the expressions "fully registered person "and" fully registered" in the Medical Acts 1956 to 1969 and this Act shall be construed accordingly.
§ Transfer to full registration
§ 3. A practitioner to whom this Part applies who on the repeal date either holds or has been selected for an appointment on the staff of a hospital in the United Kingdom which appears to the General Council to he a permanent appointment of consultant status shall be entitled to be registered under section (Full registration by virtue of recognised overseas qualifications) of this Act as a fully registered medical practitioner.
§ Transfer to limited registration
§ 4.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, a practitioner to whom this Part applies may apply to the General Council to be registered with limited registration under section (Limited registration of practitioners having overseas qualifications) of this Act by virtue of this paragraph and if he satisfies the Registrar that he is employed or has been selected for employment in the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man as a medical practitioner in one or more approved hospitals or approved institutions the General Council may, if they think fit, direct that he shall be registered under that section as a medical practitioner with limited registration.
§ (2) Art application under this paragraph must be made within the period of six months beginning with the end of the period or last period for which the applicant was temporarily registered or, if the applicant was not temporarily registered on the repeal date, within the period of six months beginning with the repeal date.
§ (3) In the case of an application under and registration by virtue of this paragraph—
- (a) section (Limited registration of practitioners having overseas qualifications) (4) of this Act shall not apply;
- (b) section (Limited registration of practitioners having overseas qualifications) (11) to (14) of this Act shall apply with the omission in subsection (11) of the reference to the permitted period and of the reference to section (Limited registration: erasure) (1) of this Act.
§ (4) In this paragraph "approved hospital" and "approved institution" mean respectively a hospital or institution 606 approved for the purposes of section (Limited registration of practitioners having overseas qualifications) of this Act.
§ Subsequent grants of limited registration
§ 5. In the case of a practitioner to whom this Part applies who is or has been registered with limited registration for a period by virtue of paragraph 4 above and who applies under section (Limited registration of practitioners having overseas qualifications) of this Act to be so registered for a further period, the following provisions of that section shall not apply, namely, subsection (4) and, in subsection (11), the reference to the permitted period and to section (Limited registration: erasure) (1) of this Act.
§ Rights in relation to elections or appointments to the General Council
§ 6.—(1) In relation to practitioners to whom this Part applies who are registered with limited registration, section 1 of this Act shall have effect as if there were substituted for the words " so registered " in subsections (6), (7) and (9) the words " temporarily registered or registered with limited registration ".
§ (2) In relation to practitioners to whom this Part applies who are temporarily registered on the repeal date and are so registered at any time thereafter, section 1 of this Act shall have effect as it the references in subsections (6), (7) and (9) to persons with limited registration were references to temporarily registered persons.
§ Pending applications under s. 26 of Medical Act 1956
§ 7. Section 26 of the Medical Act 1956 shall, notwithstanding anything in section (Replacetnent of provisions of Part III of Medical Act 1956) of this Act, continue to have effect on and after the repeal date for the purposes of the disposal of any application under section 26 by an applicant for registration under section 25 of that Act; and where an order is made under section 26 on the completion of the consideration of an application by virtue of this paragraph, the applicant shall be treated as having applied to be registered under section (Limited registration of practitioners having overseas qualifications) of this Act and as having satisfied the Registrar of the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of that section.