The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) Regulations Order of Council 2003

PART I INTERPRETATION

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners Registration Regulations 2003.

2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“Act” means the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966;

“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, which may be satisfied by completion of the form by electronic means;

“College” means the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons;

“Council” means the Council of the College;

“Disciplinary Committee” means the Disciplinary Committee of the Council;

“document” includes a document produced as a result of facsimile transmission and a hard copy of an electronic mail transmission;

“fee year” means the period running from 1st April to the next following 31st March;

“notify” includes making a communication by electronic means;

“practise or practising” means undertaking acts of veterinary surgery as defined in section 27(1) of the Act or is otherwise engaged in any activity which is, in the opinion of the Council, veterinary related;

“quarters” for the purposes of determining fees payable or sums to be refunded under these Regulations, shall be by reference to the quarters of the year beginning on the Quarter Days, 25th March, 24th June, 29th September and 25th December, as applicable;

“register” means the register of veterinary surgeons maintained under section 2 of the Act;

“register address” means the address given in the appropriate form or, where the address has been changed, as subsequently notified to the registrar;

“register qualification” means a qualification entitling a person to be registered in the register under sections 3, 4, 5A, 5B or 6 of the Act;

“registrar” means the registrar of the College;

“supplementary veterinary register” means the supplementary veterinary register maintained under section 8 of the Act;

“United Kingdom” means the geographic area comprising the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man;

“veterinary practitioner” means a person registered in the supplementary veterinary register;

“veterinary surgeon” means a person registered in the register.

(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” means the Schedule to these Regulations.