Part 3: Professional Qualifications and Regulations UK Market Access: Professional qualifications and regulation Section 28: Professional regulation not within section 24: equal treatment
This section provides that a UK resident practising a profession in a part of the UK with qualifications or experience obtained in another part of the UK, must be treated on the same basis, in respect of ongoing professional requirements, as a locally qualified professional. This includes those who have been recognised through the automatic recognition principle or through a process complying with section 26 but also applies to other UK residents with qualifications or experience obtained in the UK.
	A professional who holds qualifications or experience from outside the part of the UK in which they are practising must be treated as if their qualifications or experience were the same as the qualifications or experience held by a locally qualified professional. If the qualifications or experience are different in type and cannot be obtained in the relevant area, the applicant should be treated on the same basis unless more onerous requirements can be justified due the differences in the qualifications or experience.