2.—(1) The Health and Care Professions Council (Registration and Fees) Rules 2003(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In rule 8 (certificates), in paragraph (1), for “shall” substitute “may”.
(3) For rule 11 (renewal of registration), substitute—
11.—(1) Not less than 42 days before his registration ends, the Committee shall send to a registrant a notice (a registration renewal notice)—
(a)inviting the registrant to submit an application for the renewal of his registration;
(b)specifying the renewal fee prescribed in rule 15, and
(c)warning the registrant that he is liable to be removed from the register unless his completed application and the renewal fee is received by the Committee on, or before, the date specified in that notice.
(2) An application referred to in paragraph (1)(a) may either be—
(a)a written one, in the form determined by the Council and containing the declaration and information listed in Schedule 2; or
(b)an electronic one, in the manner and form required by the Registrar which includes the declaration and information which would be required if the application were a written one.
(3) If both the registrant’s application for the renewal of his registration and the renewal fee are not received by the Committee by the date specified in the registration renewal notice, the Committee shall send a notice to the registrant warning him that unless both his application and the renewal fee are received within the relevant period, his name may be removed from the register.
(4) The “relevant period” is a period of 14 days beginning with the day on which a warning notice is sent to the registrant.
(5) Where both the registrant’s application for the renewal of his registration and the renewal fee are not received within the relevant period, the Committee may direct the Registrar to remove the registrant from the register from the later of—
(a)the day on which that period expires, and
(b)the day on which the registrant’s registration would otherwise expire.
(6) Any notice given by the Committee to a registrant under this rule may—
(a)be sent by post to the home address of the registrant as it appears in the register and shall be treated as sent at the time of its posting; or
(b)where the registrant has given a written statement to the Registrar consenting to receive any such notice in an electronic form, it may be sent to the electronic address specified in that statement or in any superseding statement.”.
(4) In rule 14 (registration fee)—
(a)in paragraph (1)(a), for “£80” substitute “£90”; and
(b)in paragraph (1)(b), for “£160” substitute “£180”.
(5) In rule 15 (renewal fee), in paragraph (b), for “£160” substitute “£180”.
(6) In rule 15A (readmission fee), for “£120” substitute “£135”.
(7) In rule 16 (restoration fee), for “£120” substitute “£135”.
(8) In rule 17 (scrutiny fee)—
(a)in paragraph (1), for “£56” substitute “£63”; and
(b)in paragraph (2), for “£440” substitute “£495”.
(9) In rule 18 (payment of fees), in paragraph (2)—
(a)omit “, readmission fee, restoration fee”; and
(b)omit “four six-monthly”.
S.I. 2003/1572 as amended by S.I. 2014/532 and S.I. 2015/93. The title to the Rules was amended to read the “Health and Care Professions (Registration and Fees) Rules 2003” by rule 2 of S.I. 2014/532 to reflect the change in the Council’s name (see footnote (a) on page 1).