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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-and-veterinary-practitioners-registration-amendment-regulations-order-of-council-2026/schedule/regulation-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/175",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-and-veterinary-practitioners-registration-amendment-regulations-order-of-council-2026",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) Regulations 2014 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2(1)—\n(a) in the definition of “voluntary removal”, for “.” substitute “;”;\n(b) after the definition of “voluntary removal”, insert—\n““year of registration” means the period beginning with 1st April preceding the date of registration (or if registration takes place on 1st April, beginning with the date of registration) and ending with the following 31st March (or if registration takes place on 31st March, ending with the date of registration).”.\n(3) For regulation 10 substitute—\n“10 Subject to regulation 11, a person applying for registration in the temporary list of the register must pay the following—\n(a) for registration on or before 31st March 2027, the relevant fee specified in column A of Table 2;\n(b) for registration after 31st March 2027, the relevant fee specified in column B of Table 2.”.\n(4) In regulation 11, after “six months or less” insert “, in which case the registration fee for practice restricted to a period of six months or less is payable”.\n(5) For regulation 14 substitute—\n“14 A temporary registrant must pay the following—\n(a) for retention in a retention fee year beginning on or before 31st March 2027, the retention fee specified in column A of Table 2 at the beginning of the retention fee year;\n(b) for retention in a retention fee year beginning after 31st March 2027, the retention fee specified in column B of Table 2 at the beginning of the retention fee year.”.\n(6) For regulation 15 substitute—\n“15 All other registrants must—\n(a) for retention in the retention fee year beginning on 1st April 2026, pay the following retention fee at the beginning of the retention fee year—\n(i) if payment is received on or before 30th April 2026, the relevant fee specified in column A of Table 3, or\n(ii) if payment is received after 30th April 2026, the relevant fee specified in column B of Table 3;\n(b) for retention in a retention fee year beginning on or after 1st April 2027, pay the following retention fee at the beginning of the retention fee year—\n(i) if payment is received on or before 30th April of the retention fee year in question, the relevant fee specified in column C of Table 3, or\n(ii) if payment is received after 30th April of the retention fee year in question, the relevant fee specified in column D of Table 3.”.\n(7) In regulation 19—\n(a) in paragraph (2), for “column A of Table 3” substitute “column A of Table 3 (in the case of restoration in the retention fee year beginning on 1st April 2026) or column C of Table 3 (in the case of restoration in a retention fee year beginning on or after 1st April 2027)”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (2)(b), after “1st October” insert “of the retention fee year in question”.\n(8) For regulation 20 substitute—\n“20 A registrant in the general, Commonwealth or foreign list of the register or the supplemental veterinary register, who is removed by voluntary removal before 1st October in any year, shall be refunded 50% of the following—\n(a) in the case of voluntary removal in the year of registration beginning on 1st April 2026, the relevant registration fee set out in column A of Table 1;\n(b) in the case of voluntary removal in the retention fee year beginning on 1st April 2026, the relevant retention fee set out in column A of Table 3;\n(c) in the case of voluntary removal in a year of registration beginning on or after 1st April 2027, the relevant registration fee set out in column B of Table 1;\n(d) in the case of voluntary removal in a retention fee year beginning on or after 1st April 2027, the relevant retention fee set out in column C of Table 3.”.\n(9) For Part 4 (Fees payable) substitute—\n“Part 4\nFees payable\nTable 1\nRegistration fees payable under regulation 9\nColumn A\nColumn B\nType of registrant\nFee payable for registration on or before 31st March 2027 (£)\nFee payable for registration after 31st March 2027 (£)\nNew graduates registered by 31st December following graduation\n214\n221\nOther persons registered in the period beginning with 1st April in the year of registration and ending with 30th September in the year of registration\n431\n443\nOther persons registered in the period beginning with 1st October in the year of registration and ending with 31st March in the year of registration\n214\n221\nTable 2\nFees for temporary registrants payable under regulations 10, 11 and 14\nType of fee\nColumn A\nColumn B\nFee payable for registration on or before 31st March 2027 or for retention in a retention fee year beginning on or before 31st March 2027 (£)\nFee payable for registration after 31st March 2027 or for retention in a retention fee year beginning after 31st March 2027 (£)\nNormal registration fee\n431\n443\nRegistration fee for practice restricted to a period of six months or less\n214\n221\nRetention fee\n431\n443\nTable 3\nRetention fees payable under regulation 15\nCircumstances\nColumn A\nColumn B\nColumn C\nColumn D\nFee payable under regulation 15(a)(i) (£)\nFee payable under regulation 15(a)(ii) (£)\nFee payable under regulation 15(b)(i) (£)\nFee payable under regulation 15(b)(ii) (£)\nStandard registrant\n431\n468\n443\n482\nOverseas practising registrant\n214\n251\n221\n259\nNon-practising registrant\n71\n108\n73\n111\nTable 4\nAdditional fees payable under regulations 16 and 17\nFee paid (£)\nNew circumstance\nExtra sum payable if change takes place before 1st October of the retention fee year in question (£)\nExtra sum payable if change takes place on or after 1st October of the retention fee year in question (£)\n71 or 108\nPractising, but not in the British Islands\n143\n72\n73 or 111\nPractising, but not in the British Islands\n147\n74\n71 or 108\nPractising in the British Islands\n359\n180\n73 or 111\nPractising in the British Islands\n370\n186\n214 or 251\nPractising in the British Islands\n216\n108\n221 or 259\nPractising in the British Islands\n223\n111\nTable 5\nCredits payable under regulation 18\nFee paid (£)\nNew circumstance\nSum to be credited (£)\n431 or 468\nNon-practising registrant\n180\n443 or 482\nNon-practising registrant\n186\n431 or 468\nOverseas practising registrant\n108\n443 or 482\nOverseas practising registrant\n111\n214 or 251\nNon-practising registrant\n72\n221 or 259\nNon-practising registrant\n74\nTable 6\nRestoration fees payable under regulation 19\nType of restoration\nFee payable for restoration on or before 31st March 2027 (£)\nFee payable for restoration after 31st March 2027 (£)\nRestoration under section 11(3) of the Act following removal for non-receipt of retention fee\n431\n443\nRestoration in other circumstances\n133\n137\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
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      "text": "As approved by S.I. 2014/3493 and amended as approved by S.I. 2025/185."
    }
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