Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2023

Amendment of section 95 of Act of 2005

5. Section 95 of the Act of 2005 is amended—

(a) in paragraph (b) of subsection (1), by the deletion of “for the purposes of and”,

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3):

“(3A) After consulting the registration board of a designated profession and any organisations that he or she considers appropriate, the Minister may, by regulation—

(a) prescribe an additional qualification for the purposes of the third column of Schedule 3 that, in the opinion of the Minister, is sufficiently relevant to the corresponding profession listed in the second column of that Schedule and attests to a standard of proficiency corresponding to a qualification specified for that profession in the third column of that Schedule, and

(b) vary a reference to a qualification specified in the third column of Schedule 3, where, in the opinion of the Minister, the reference to the qualification concerned is no longer accurate, due to—

(i) a change in the title of the qualification concerned,

(ii) a change in the name of the institution that awarded the qualification concerned, or

(iii) a change in the period specified for the awarding of a specific qualification.”,

(c) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “subsection (3) or (3A)” for “subsection (3)”, and

(d) in subsection (7), by the substitution of “subsection (3) or (3A)” for “subsection (3)”.