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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-and-veterinary-practitioners-registration-regulations-order-of-council-2003/schedule/paragraph-19",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/3342",
  "legislation_title": "The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) Regulations Order of Council 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/veterinary-surgeons-and-veterinary-practitioners-registration-regulations-order-of-council-2003",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/19",
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  "number": "19",
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  "text": "(1) A veterinary surgeon who has paid the relevant retention fee specified in Regulation 2 of the Schedule on the basis that he has been practising outside the United Kingdom and who returns to do so in the United Kingdom shall pay an additional sum representing the difference between the retention fees which are applicable (expressed in quarters of the fee) calculated by reference to the number of full quarters remaining in that fee year.\n(2) A veterinary surgeon who has paid the relevant retention fee specified in the Regulation 2 of the Schedule and who informs the registrar of his intention to practise outside the United Kingdom shall be entitled to a refund of a sum representing the difference between the retention fees which are applicable (expressed in quarters of the fee) calculated by reference to the number of full quarters remaining in that fee year.\n(3) A veterinary surgeon who has paid the relevant retention fee specified in Regulation 2 of the Schedule and who provides the registrar with a declaration to the effect that he is no longer practising shall be entitled to a refund of a sum representing the difference between the retention fees which are applicable (expressed in quarters of the fee) calculated by reference to the number of full quarters remaining in the fee year.\n(4) A veterinary surgeon who has provided the registrar with a signed declaration that he is not practising and who subsequently notifies the registrar of his intention now to do so shall pay an additional sum representing the difference between the retention fees which are applicable (expressed in quarters of the fee) calculated by reference to the number of full quarters remaining in that fee year.\n(5) 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, shall for a maximum of three years from the commencement of that course or for the actual duration of that course if this is shorter, pay the relevant retention fee specified in the Regulation 2(iv) of the Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3342/schedule/paragraph/19",
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  "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."
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