United Kingdom Statutory Instruments

(i) subject to article 4, has been granted in a relevant European State before its reference date or which is evidence of training commenced before that date but completed on or after that date,

(ii) subject to article 5, was awarded by the competent authorities of, or which is evidence of training started in, the territory specified in column (b) of the table in Schedule 3 before the date specified in the corresponding entry in column (a) of that table,

(iii) subject to article 6, is evidence of training commenced before 3rd October 1990 and undertaken in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic, or

(iv) subject to article 7, does not fall within paragraphs (i) to (iii) and is not specified in Schedule 2 but which is a diploma in pharmacy granted in a relevant European State on or after its reference date.

(i) the diploma is evidence of training concluded before 1st November 2003,

(ii) evidence of the diploma is made available to the Registrar in the form of a certificate from the competent authorities of Italy, and

(iii) the competent authorities of Italy have also certified that—


(aa) the holder of the diploma has been effectively and lawfully engaged in Italy in one of the activities (and it must have been a regulated activity) referred to in article 1(2) of the Pharmacy Training Directive,

(bb) he was so engaged for at least three consecutive years during the five years preceding the date of the certificate, and

(cc) the activity in question was at all relevant times regulated in Italy,



and the certificate is made available to the Registrar.

(i) is evidence of training which would satisfy the requirements of article 2 of the Pharmacy Training Directive, and

(ii) is treated by the competent authorities of the relevant European State in which it was awarded as equivalent to a diploma specified in Schedule 2 in respect of their State,

and the certificate is made available to the Registrar; or

(c) whether or not the diploma is specified in the list in Schedule 2, the competent authorities of a relevant European State have certified that the holder of the diploma has been effectively and lawfully engaged in one of the activities (and it must have been a regulated activity) referred to in article 1(2) of the Pharmacy Training Directive for at least three consecutive years during the five years preceding the date of the certificate, and the certificate is made available to the Registrar.

(i) is evidence of training which satisfies the requirements of article 2 of the Pharmacy Training Directive, and

(ii) is treated by them as equivalent to a diploma specified in Schedule 2 in respect of their State; and

(b) the certificates are made available to the Registrar.