Paragraph 2

The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners Registration Regulations 1967^f1, as amended, shall be further amended by the deletion of regulation 24 and the substitution of the following therefor

“24

A veterinary surgeon who resides within the Republic of Ireland shall pay no retention fee to the Council unless he —

(a)

is a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; and

(b)

has retained his right to vote in Council elections, pursuant to the provisions of the Veterinary Surgeons (Agreement with the Republic of Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/784.”.

PURSUANT to a resolution passed at a Meeting of the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons on the 9th day of June 1988, the Common Seal of the said Royal College was affixed hereto on the said 9th day of June 1988 in the presence of:—