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The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2004

S.I. 2004/3317 · Made 10 December 2004

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VETERINARY SURGEONS

Made 10th December 2004

Coming into force 1st April 2005

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 10th day of December 2004

By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council

Whereas in pursuance of section 11 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966f1 the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons have made the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners Registration (Amendment) Regulations 2004:

And whereas by section 25(1) of that Act the Regulations shall not have effect unless approved by the Privy Council:

Now, therefore, Their Lordships, having taken the Regulations into consideration, are hereby pleased, in exercise of the power conferred by section 25(1) of the Act, to order as follows:

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Footnotes

f1

1966 c. 36.

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule THE VETERINARY SURGEONS AND VETERINARY PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2004
  5. 1Paragraph 1
  6. 2Paragraph 2
  7. Schedule TABLE OF FEES PAYABLE
  8. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2004 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.

2

The Regulations set out in the Schedule are approved.

Signature

A. K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

THE VETERINARY SURGEONS AND VETERINARY PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2004

The Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in exercise of its powers under section 11 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, hereby make the following Regulations.

1

The Regulations may be cited as the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners Registration (Amendment) Regulations 2004.

2

The Schedule (Table of Fees Payable) to the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners Registration Regulations 2003f1 shall be replaced by the following—

TABLE OF FEES PAYABLE

RegulationAmount Payable
1.Regulation 15 (Registration Fee)£61 (Prev. £58)
2.Regulation 17 (Retention Fee)
(i)

for a veterinary surgeon practising in the United Kingdom unless (iii) below applies

£244 (Prev. £230)
(ii)

for a veterinary surgeon practising outside the United Kingdom unless (iii) below applies

£122 (Prev. £115)
(iii)

for any other veterinary surgeon who has provided the registrar with a declaration in accordance with Regulation 24

£40 (Prev. £37)
(iv)

for a veterinary surgeon who is undertaking in the United Kingdom a full-time post-graduate degree course in a veterinary or allied subject, and who is required as part of the course to undertake acts of veterinary surgery

£122 (Prev. £115)
(v)

for a person registered in the supplementary veterinary register under section 6 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1948

£27
(vi)

for a person registered in the supplementary veterinary register under section 8 of the Act

£13
3.Regulation 13 (Restoration to register)£122 (Prev. £115)
4.Regulation 13 (Restoration to supplementary veterinary register)£15
5.Regulation 21 (Temporary registration)
(i)

for a veterinary surgeon undergoing a course of study of six months' duration or less, arranged by a veterinary practice or group of such practices, for the purpose of improving clinical skills, and where the veterinary surgeon concerned is a national of a developing country which is included in a list approved by the Council

£129 (Prev. £122)
(ii)

in all other cases

£258 (Prev. £244)

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order approves the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners Registration (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (“the Regulations”), made by the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (“the RCVS”) under section 11 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 (c. 36). It comes into force on 1st April 2005.

The Regulations amend the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners Registration Regulations 2003 (the "Principal Regulations") by replacing the Schedule (Table of Fees Payable). The Principal Regulations are set out in the Schedule to the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) Regulations Order of Council 2003 (S.I. 2003/3342).

The Principal Regulations regulate the registration of veterinary surgeons and veterinary practitioners and the fees payable for annual registration and retention of names on the Register of the RCVS. The amendment made by the Regulations is to increase the fees payable for annual registration and retention of names on the registers of the RCVS by 6% from 1st April 2005.