reg 5 Insertion of section 5ZBA
After section 5B, insert— Requirement to demonstrate knowledge of language (5ZBA) (1) This section applies where— (a) the registrar has a serious and concrete doubt about whether a person has a knowledge of language sufficient to practise as a veterinary surgeon in the United Kingdom, as mentioned in section 5A(1)(e), section 5B(1)(f) and section 6(1)(d); or (b) the registrar is not satisfied that evidence provided by a person under section 5A(3)(f) or paragraph 5(3)(e) of Schedule 1B shows that person to have a knowledge of language sufficient to practise as a veterinary surgeon in the United Kingdom. (2) The registrar may— (a) require the person to demonstrate that that person has a knowledge of language sufficient to practise as a veterinary surgeon in the United Kingdom; and (b) refuse to register that person in the register until that person has done so.