Legal background
The existing constitution of the FRC and its committees, and related provisions, are currently laid down prescriptively in the primary legislation, the FRA and its Schedules.
	The FRC’s functions are (references are to the FRA):
to appoint a registrar (paragraph 10 of Schedule 1);
to maintain a register of farriers (section 3) and to determine who is entitled to be registered in it (sections 7, 8 and 9);
to make rules with respect to the form and keeping of the register (section 4);
to approve courses, qualifications and institutions providing training in farriery and keep itself informed of approved institutions and examinations (sections 11 and 12);
to undertake preliminary investigation of disciplinary cases through an Investigating Committee (section 13);
to determine disciplinary cases through a Disciplinary Committee (sections 14 and 15).
	The FRC is the competent authority for the profession of farriery in Great Britain in accordance with the requirements of the European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 2059 (Regulation 4 and Schedule 1)).
	The FRA will continue to be the primary Act dealing with the constitution of the FRC, and this Act inserts new provisions into that Act.