# The General Osteopathic Council (Application for Registration and Fees) Rules Order of Council 2000, Paragraph 8: Retention fee


(1) Subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), the fee to be charged in respect of the retention in the register of any entry in any year following the year in which the entry was first made (“the retention fee") shall be £570 or, where the fee is to be paid by instalments, £590.
(2) Where–
(a) the osteopath is not, on the date on which the retention fee is due, practising as an osteopath and does not intend to practise as an osteopath for at least three months during the twelve month period beginning with the date on which the retention fee is due; or
(b) the osteopath resides outside the United Kingdom ... the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man;
the retention fee shall be £320 or, where the fee is to be paid by instalments, £330.
(3) Where an osteopath satisfies the following conditions—
(a) the osteopath is paying a retention fee for the first time;
(b) he has been granted a qualification in osteopathy, whether or not it is a relevant qualification, during the period of one year immediately preceding the date on which he was first registered; and
(c) he has not been practising as an osteopath for longer than a period of eighteen months ending with the date on which he was first registered,
the retention fee shall be £430 or, where the fee is to be paid by instalments, £445.
(4) Where paragraphs (2) and (3) apply, the retention fee shall be £215 or, where the fee is to be paid by instalments, £225.
(5) The retention fee may only be paid by instalments with the agreement of both the osteopath and the Registrar and where the Registrar has sent the osteopath a notice in writing specifying the date by which each instalment is to be paid to the Registrar and the amount thereof.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1038/schedule/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-osteopathic-council-application-for-registration-and-fees-rules-order-of-council-2000/schedule/paragraph-8
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