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The General Chiropractic Council (Registration) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2009

S.I. 2009/2305 · Made 24 August 2009

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Health Care And Associated Professions

Chiropractors

Made 24th August 2009

Coming into force 1st September 2009

The General Chiropractic Council has made the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) (Amendment) Rules 2009, which are set out in the Schedule to this Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3(2), 6(2) to (4), 35(2) and 43 of the Chiropractors Act 1994f1.

By virtue of sections 35(1) and 36(1) of that Act, such Rules shall not come into force until approved by Order of the Privy Council.

Their Lordships, having taken these Rules into consideration, are pleased to, and do approve them.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1994 c.17: section 6(2) was amended by S.I. 2007/3101 and section 35(2) by S.I. 2008/1774; section 43 is cited for the meaning assigned to the term “prescribed”.

Contents

  1. Signature
  2. Schedule The General Chiropractic Council (Registration) (Amendment) Rules 2009
  3. 1Citation and commencement
  4. 2Amendments of the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999
  5. 3Amendments of the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999
  6. 4Amendments of the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999
  7. 5Amendments of the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999
  8. 6Amendments of the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999
  9. 7Amendments of the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999
  10. 8Amendments of the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999
  11. Explanatory note

Signature

Judith Simpson

Clerk of the Privy Council

The General Chiropractic Council (Registration) (Amendment) Rules 2009

The General Chiropractic Council makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3(2), 6(2) to (4), 35(2) and 43 of the Chiropractors Act 1994.

1Citation and commencement

These Rules may be cited as the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) (Amendment) Rules 2009 and shall come into force on 1st September 2009.

2Amendments of the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999

The General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999f1 are amended as follows.

3Amendments of the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999

In rule 2 (interpretation), paragraph (2) is omitted.

4Amendments of the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999

In rule 4(1) (applications for registration after the transitional period), omit “in Form A”.

5Amendments of the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999

In rule 7 (amendments of register)f1—

(a)

in paragraph (1), after “notify the Registrar” insert “in writing”;

(b)

paragraph (4) is omitted.

6Amendments of the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999

In rule 8 (retention of registration)—

(a)

in paragraph (2)(a), omit “in Form C”;

(b)

in paragraph (3), omit “in Form C”;

(c)

in paragraph (4), subparagraphs (a) and (b) are omitted;

(d)

paragraph (5) is omitted;

(e)

in paragraph (6), for “paragraph (2), (3) or (5)” substitute “paragraph (2) or (3)”.

7Amendments of the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999

Schedule 1 (forms) is omitted.

8Amendments of the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999

In Schedule 2 (fees)f1—

(a)

in paragraph 1(a), omit “, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or a relevant European State”;

(b)

paragraph 2 is omitted;

(c)

in paragraph 3(a), omit “, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or a relevant European State”;

(d)

in paragraph 4—

(i)

sub-paragraphs (c) and (d) are re-numbered (a) and (b) respectively, and

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (a), omit “, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or a relevant European State”;

(e)

in paragraph 5(a), omit “, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or a relevant European State”.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Rules approved by this Order amend the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999 (“the Registration Rules”).

Rules 3 to 5 and 6(a) and (b) remove the references in the Registration Rules to the particular forms appearing in Schedule 1 to those Rules, and Rule 7 omits Schedule 1 itself.

Rule 6(c) to (e) removes the exemption from the requirement to apply for retention on the register in respect of a person who is subject to disciplinary proceedings. The effect of this is that such a person will be required to apply for retention on the register and to pay the applicable fee.

Rule 8(a) and (c) to (e) will enable those intending to engage in the practice of chiropractic in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, a European Economic Area State or Switzerland, but not in the United Kingdom, to pay a reduced fee instead of the full fee; this will put them in the same position as those who intend to engage in the practice of chiropractic anywhere else outside the United Kingdom.

Rules 5(b) and 8(b) remove the requirement for a registrant to pay a fee when notifying the Registrar of the General Chiropractic Council, pursuant to rule 7(1) of the Registration Rules, of a change of their particulars in the register.