The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 1994

Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 305

VETERINARY SURGEONS

The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 1994

Made

8th February 1994

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 8th day of February 1994

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

Whereas in pursuance of section 11 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966(1) the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has made the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 set out in the Schedule to this Order:

Now, therefore, Their Lordships, having taken the said Regulations into considera– tion, are hereby pleased, in exercise of the power conferred on Them by section 25(1) of the said Act, to approve the same.

This Order may be cited as the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 1994.

The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations (No. 2) Order of Council 1975(2) is hereby revoked.

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE THE VETERINARY SURGEONS AND VETERINARY PRACTITIONERS (REGISTRATION) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1994

The Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, in exercise of its powers under section 11 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, hereby makes the following Regulations—

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 1994.

2.  Regulation 16 of the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners Registration Regulations 1967(3) (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Regulations”) shall be amended by the deletion of the second sentence and the substitution of the following therefor—

“This fee shall be paid at the time of the application for registration and shall be £140.00 for names entered on the Register before 31st March 1994 and £144.00 for names entered on the Register on 31st March 1994 and thereafter,”.

3.  Regulation 20 of the principal Regulations shall be amended by the deletion in paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of the amounts “£123.00”, “£36.00” and “£23.00” and the substitution therefor of the amounts “£127.00”, “£37.00” and “£24.00” respectively;

4.  Regulation 23 of the principal Regulations shall be amended by the deletion in the first and third sentences of paragraph (b) of the amount “£140.00” and the substitution therefor in each case of the amount “£144.00”.

5.  Regulations 2, 3 and 4 of the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners Registration (Amendment) Regulations 1993(4) are hereby revoked.

PURSUANT to a resolution passed by members of the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons on the 11th day of November 1993, the Common Seal of the said Royal College was affixed hereto on the said 11th day of November 1993 in the presence of:

L.S.

J. B. Johnson

President

C. D. Fraser

C. M. Howe

Members of Council

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Regulations approved by this Order further amend the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners Registration Regulations 1967 by increasing, with effect from 31st March 1994, the fees payable for the Registration and annual retention of names on the registers of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. The existing fees, which came into effect on 31st March 1993, are being increased by 3.1 per cent. The Order also revokes a 1975 Order containing spent Regulations.

(1)

1966 c. 36.

(2)

S.I. 1975/2212.

(3)

Scheduled to the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration Regulations) Order of Council 1967 S.I. 1967/395, as amended by regulations scheduled to S.I. 1975/70, 1988/2099, 1989/2431, 1992/64 and 1993/610.

(4)

Scheduled to the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 1993 S.I. 1993/610.