UK Act of Parliament 2022 United Kingdom

Professional Qualifications Act 2022

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Enforced by
ARB, GDC, NMC
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Plus 6 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.007 Assistance centre (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators must provide requested information to the assistance centreStatutory regulator
s.008 Duty of regulator to publish information on requirements to practise (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulators must publish and maintain information on practising requirementsStatutory regulator
s.009 Duty of regulator to provide information to regulator in another part of UK (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • First regulator must share practitioner information with another UK regulatorStatutory regulator
s.010 Duty of regulator to provide information to overseas regulator (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must share information with overseas regulators for UK professionalsStatutory regulator
s.015 Consultation with regulators (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Consult affected regulators before making regulationsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.017 Consultation with devolved authorities (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Consult devolved authorities and publish a report before making regulationsCrown / Minister / Government department
16 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Power to provide for individuals to be treated as having UK qualifications (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Power conferred by section 1 exercisable only if necessary to meet demand (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Implementation of international recognition agreements (opens in a new tab)
s.004 Authorisation to enter into regulator recognition agreements (opens in a new tab)
s.005 Revocation of general EU system of recognition of overseas qualifications (opens in a new tab)
s.006 Revocation of other assimilated recognition law (opens in a new tab)
s.011 Amendments to the Architects Act 1997 (opens in a new tab)
s.012 Crown application (opens in a new tab)
s.013 General provision about regulations (opens in a new tab)
s.014 Protection of regulator autonomy (opens in a new tab)
s.016 Authority by whom regulations may be made (opens in a new tab)
s.018 Parliamentary procedure (opens in a new tab)
s.019 Interpretation (opens in a new tab)
s.020 Extent (opens in a new tab)
s.021 Commencement (opens in a new tab)
s.022 Short title (opens in a new tab)

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.