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The Veterinary Surgeons (Recognition of University Degree) (Nottingham) Order of Council 2011

S.I. 2011/1796 · Made 20 July 2011

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Veterinary Surgeons

Made 20th July 2011

Laid before Parliament 21st July 2011

Coming into force 1st September 2011

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 20th day of July 2011

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

The University of Nottingham is a university in the United Kingdom providing courses of study and examinations leading to a veterinary degree.

It appears to the Privy Council, after consultation with the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, that the courses of study and examinations are sufficient to guarantee that holders of the degree of Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Bachelor of Veterinary Surgery (B.V.M., B.V.S.) conferred by the said University will have acquired the knowledge and skill needed for the efficient practice of veterinary surgery and will have satisfied the requirements of Article 38 of Directive 2005/36/ECf1, as read with Article 22(a) of that Directive.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(1)(b) of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966f2, their Lordships direct as follows.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ No L 255, 30.9.2005, p 22, last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) 213/2011 (OJ No L 59, 4.3.2011, p 4).

f2

1966 c. 36, amended by S.I. 2008/1824.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Recognition of university degree
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Veterinary Surgeons (Recognition of University Degree) (Nottingham) Order of Council 2011 and comes into force on 1st September 2011.

2Recognition of university degree

Anyone on whom the University of Nottingham confers the degree of Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Bachelor of Veterinary Surgery (B.V.M., B.V.S.) is qualified to be a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (and shall, on application in the manner and on payment of the fee prescribed by Regulations of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons made under section 11 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966f1, be registered in the Register of Veterinary Surgeons and become a member of that College).

Signature

Judith Simpson

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the recognition of the degree of Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Bachelor of Veterinary Surgery (B.V.M., B.V.S.) conferred by Nottingham University. Such recognition enables the holder of such a degree to be qualified to be registered as a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Membership will occur on registration, after satisfying the relevant requirements of the College as to procedure and payment of a fee.