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Professional Qualifications Act 2022: guidance for regulators

This guidance provides regulators with information about measures in the Professional Qualifications Act 2022.

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From:
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and Department for Business and Trade
Published:
4 October 2022
Last updated:
30 June 2025
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  1. 'Guidance for regulators on the agreement between the United Kingdom and Switzerland on the recognition of professional qualifications (RPQ)' added.

  2. 'Revocation of general EU system of recognition of overseas qualifications guidance' and 'Recognition of Professional Qualifications under the UK’s Free Trade Agreement with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein: guidance for regulators' added.

  3. First published.

Documents

Professional Qualifications Act 2022 guidance: duties on regulators to publish information on requirements to practise (section 8)

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Professional Qualifications Act 2022 guidance: duties on regulators to provide information to regulators in another part of the UK (section 9)

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Professional Qualifications Act 2022 guidance: duties on regulators to provide information to overseas regulators (section 10)

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Revocation of general EU system of recognition of overseas qualifications guidance

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Recognition of Professional Qualifications under the UK’s Free Trade Agreement with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein: guidance for regulators

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Guidance for regulators on the agreement between the United Kingdom and Switzerland on the recognition of professional qualifications (RPQ)

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This guidance provides regulators with information on the following measures in the Professional Qualifications Act 2022.

Under section 8, regulators in the UK are required to publish certain information about requirements to practise the profession.

Under section 9, regulators are required to provide information to a regulator in another part of the UK when requested to do so.

Under section 10, regulators in the UK are required to provide information to a regulator overseas when requested to do so.

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