Part 3: Professional Qualifications and Regulations UK Market Access: Professional qualifications and regulation Section 24: Access to professions on grounds of qualifications or experience
This section sets out when a professional qualified in one part of the UK is automatically treated as qualified in respect of that profession in another part of the UK (the automatic recognition principle). This section also explains the situations where the automatic recognition principle does not apply.
	Subsections (1) and (2) introduce the automatic recognition principle. They provide that where a provision (defined in section 29) limits access to a profession in the relevant part of the UK to those that have certain qualifications or experience, UK residents who are "qualified" in another part of the UK (as explained in section 25) will be treated as if they were qualified to practise that profession in the relevant part.
	Subsection (3) excludes provisions relating to ongoing professional requirements, such as continuous professional development, from the automatic recognition principle. UK residents will still need to comply with such requirements when working in another part of the UK.
	Subsection (4) provides that subsection (1) and (2) are to be read subject to sections 26 and 27.