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Amendment of section 91 of Principal Act.
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15.— (1) Section 91 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1)—
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(i) by substituting “during the period of 5 years ending on the relevant date, was engaged in the State in the practice of the designated profession, within the meaning, where the registration board concerned has specified such a meaning in bye-laws, of those bye-laws, for a period (or periods which, when taken together, amount to such period) of not less than 2 years or such other period as may be specified in those bye-laws” for “at any time during the period of 5 years ending on the relevant date, was engaged in the practice of that profession”, and
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(ii) by substituting the following for paragraph (c)(i)(II):
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“(II) a professional qualification that, in the opinion of the board, is sufficiently relevant to that profession and attests to a standard of proficiency corresponding to a qualification listed opposite the profession in the third column of that Schedule,”,
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and
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(b) in subsection (5)—
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(i) by substituting “during the period of 5 years ending on the relevant date, was engaged in the State in the practice of the designated profession, within the meaning, where the board has specified such a meaning in bye-laws, of those bye-laws, for a period (or periods which, when taken together, amount to such a period) of not less than 2 years or such other period as may be specified in those bye-laws” for “any time during the period of 5 years ending on the relevant date, was engaged in the practice of the designated profession”, and
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(ii) by substituting the following for paragraph (c)(i)(II):
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“(II) a professional qualification that, in the opinion of the board, is sufficiently relevant to that profession and attests to a standard of proficiency corresponding to a qualification prescribed under section 95 for that profession,”.
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(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, section 91(1) of the Principal Act shall apply, in relation to applications for registration in the register of a designated profession where the register concerned was established before the commencement of subsection (1) and section 14, as though “a person who, at any time during the period of 5 years ending on the relevant date, was engaged in the practice of that profession and” were substituted for “a person who, during the period of 5 years ending on the relevant date, was engaged in the State in the practice of the designated profession, within the meaning, where the registration board concerned has specified such a meaning in bye-laws, of those bye-laws, for a period (or periods which, when taken together, amount to such period) of not less than 2 years or such other period as may be specified in those bye-laws, and”.
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