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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-and-veterinary-practitioners-registration-regulations-order-of-council-2000/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1619",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) Regulations Order of Council 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-and-veterinary-practitioners-registration-regulations-order-of-council-2000",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:—\n“Act” means the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966;\n“appropriate form” means an application form issued by the Council for the type of application in question and a requirement that an application shall be made on the appropriate form shall imply that the Council is entitled to require the completion of the form;\n“College” means the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons;\n“Council” means the Council of the College;\n“Disciplinary Committee” means the Disciplinary Committee of the Council;\n“fee year” means the period running from 1st April to the next following 31st March;\n“register” means the register of veterinary surgeons maintained under section 2 of the Act;\n“registrable address” means the address given by the applicant in the appropriate form or, where the address has been changed, as subsequently notified to the registrar;\n“registrable qualification” means a qualification entitling a person to be registered in the register under sections 3, 4, 5A or 6 of the Act;\n“registrar” means the registrar of the College;\n“supplementary veterinary register” means the supplementary veterinary register maintained under section 8 of the Act;\n“veterinary practitioner” means a person registered in the supplementary veterinary register;\n“veterinary surgeon” means a person registered in the register.\n(2) References in these Regulations to a numbered Regulation mean the Regulation bearing that number in these Regulations, and references in these Regulations to “the Schedule” mean the Schedule to these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 5A was inserted by article 3(2) of the Veterinary Surgeons Qualifications (EEC Recognition) Order 1980 (S.I. 1980/1951)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "subst (Table of Fees)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/3282",
      "affecting_title": "The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1619/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:22.877589+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}