LegalizeThe Medical Act 1983 (Qualifying Examinations) Order 2008
Made: 9th April 2008
Coming into force: 14th May 2008
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 9th day of April 2008Present,The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Accordingly, and giving effect to those representations, Her Majesty is pleased to make the following Order in Council by and with the advice of Her Privy Council.
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Medical Act 1983 (Qualifying Examinations) Order 2008 and comes into force on 14th May 2008.
Addition of new bodies to the list of bodies entitled to hold qualifying examinations
2
In section 4 of the Medical Act 1983 (qualifying examinations and primary United Kingdom qualifications), in subsection (2)4, after paragraph (ae) insert—
(af) the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine; (ag) a combination of the University of Brighton and the University of Sussex; (ah) a combination of the University of Hull and the University of York;
Signed
Judith Simpson — Clerk of the Privy Council
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order amends section 4(2) of the Medical Act 1983 by adding to the list of bodies or combinations of bodies that may hold qualifying examinations for primary United Kingdom qualifications the following: the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine; a combination of the universities of Brighton and Sussex (which is known as the Brighton and Sussex Medical School); and a combination of the universities of Hull and York (which is known as the Hull York Medical School). Obtaining a primary United Kingdom qualification allows a person to be provisionally registered as a medical practitioner, provided that the person’s fitness to practise is not impaired and the appropriate fees have been paid.
Footnotes
See section 4(3) of the Medical Act 1983, as amended by section 1 of the Medical Qualifications (Amendment) Act 1991 (c.38), which contains the relevant definition of “primary United Kingdom qualification”.
See section 5(4) of the Medical Act 1983, as amended by S.I. 2006/1914 and 2007/3101, which contains the relevant definition of “the prescribed standard of proficiency”.
Amendments have been made to section 4(2) by S.I. 2000/1841 and 2007/1386.
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