# The General Medical Council (Registration (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations) Order of Council 2000 S.I. 2000/2141 · made 3 August 2000 The Regulations approved by this Order amend, with effect from 1st January 2001, the fees payable to the General Medical Council by medical practitioners in respect of retention in, or restoration to, the register. Made under: Medical Act 1983 PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-council-registration-fees-amendment-regulations-order-of-council-2000/pdf/uksi_20002141_en.pdf ## Introductory text MEDICAL PROFESSION Made 3rd August 2000 At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 3rd day of August 2000 By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council. Whereas in pursuance of section 32 of the Medical Act 1983 the General Medical Council have made the Medical Practitioners Registration (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 as set out in the Schedule to this Order: And whereas by subsection (8) of the said section such regulations shall not have effect until approved by Order of the Privy Council: Now, therefore, Their Lordships, having taken the said regulations into consideration, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 32(8), do hereby order as follows: ## 1 The said regulations are hereby approved. ## 2 The General Medical Council (Registration (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations) Order of Council 1999 is hereby revoked. ## 3 This Order may be cited as the General Medical Council (Registration (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations) Order of Council 2000. ## Signature A. K. Galloway Clerk of the Privy Council ## THE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION (FEES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2000 The General Medical Council in exercise of their powers under section 32 of the Medical Act 1983 hereby make the following regulations:— ## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation (1) These regulations may be cited as the Medical Practitioners Registration (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st January 2001. (2) In these regulations “the principal regulations” means the Medical Practitioners Registration (Fee) Regulations 1985 ## 2 Revocation of the Medical Practitioners Registration (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1999. The Medical Practitioners Registration (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 are hereby revoked. ## 3 Amendment of principal regulations For Regulation 3(2) of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the following:— “ 2 The scrutiny fee shall be:— (a) for an application under section 19: (i) in the case of a person who has been provisionally registered … £100 (ii) in the case of any other person … £100 (b) For an application under section 21 … £100 (c) For an application by virtue of section 25 … except in the case of a person who has obtained a primary United Kingdom qualification, when no fee shall be payable. £100 (d) For an application under section 27 … except in the case of a person who has held registration under this section at any time within the preceding three years, when no fee shall be payable. £100 ”. ## 4 Amendment of principal regulations For Regulation 4(2) of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the following:— “ (2) The fee for making an entry in the register shall be:— (a) On provisional registration under section 15 of the Act … £100 (b) On provisional registration under section 21 of the Act … £100 (c) On full registration under section 3 of the Act: (i) in the case of a person who is or has at any time been provisionally registered… £170 (ii) in the case of any other person … except in the case of a person who is already fully registered when no fee shall be payable £170 (d) On full registration under section 19 of the Act: (i) in the case of a person who is or has at any time been provisionally registered … £170 (ii) in the case of any other person … £170 (e) On full registration by virtue of section 25 of the Act … £170 (f) On registration under section 27 of the Act … £170. ”. ## 5 Amendment of principal regulations For Regulation 6 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the following:— “6 The annual retention fee shall be £170.”. ## 6 Amendment of principal regulations For Regulation 15 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the following:— “15 The restoration fee shall be £170.”. ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) The Regulations approved by this Order amend, with effect from 1st January 2001, the fees payable to the General Medical Council by medical practitioners in respect of retention in, or restoration to, the register. The existing fees were fixed in 2000 and the level of change ranges between— (a) no change in respect of the fees paid for the scrutiny of applications for registration; (b) a 25% increase in respect of the fees paid for provisional registration; and (c) a 26% increase in respect of the fees paid for retention in, or restoration to, the register. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2141 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-medical-council-registration-fees-amendment-regulations-order-of-council-2000 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.