The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) Rules Order of Council 2004

SCHEDULE U.K. THE NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL (FEES) RULES 2004

The Nursing and Midwifery Council in exercise of its powers under articles 7(1), 7(2), 33(7)(a) and 47(2) of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001(a) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf and following consultation in accordance with articles 7(3) and 47(3) of that Order hereby makes the following Rules:

1.  These Rules may be cited as the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) Rules 2004 and shall come into force on 1st August 2004. U.K.

2.  In these Rules— U.K.

“recordable qualification” means a qualification which is not a registrable qualification and which—

(a)

meets the standards set by the Council; or

(b)

is obtained outside the United Kingdom and which the Council is satisfied is equivalent to a qualification of the type referred to in paragraph (a);

“registrable qualification” means a qualification leading to admission to a part of the register; and

“the Order” means the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001.

3.  The fee to be paid in support of an application [F1 , an evaluation or a retention] described in Column (2) of the table below shall be the fee specified in Column (3) opposite it— U.K.

[F2 Column (1)	Column (2)	Column (3)
(a)	an application for registration where the applicant is relying on article 13(1)(a) [F3 or (dd)] [F4 or article 13A] of the Order	[F5 £120]
(b)	an application for registration where the applicant is relying on article 13(1)(d) of the Order	[F6 £153]
(c)	an evaluation of the information where the applicant for registration is relying on article 13(1) F7 ...[F8 (d) or (dd)] of the Order	£140
(d)	F9 . . .	F9 . . .
(e)	an application for renewal of registration at the end of a registration period	[F5 £120]
(f)	an application for readmission or restoration to the register	[F5 £120]
(g)	an application in connection with entering on the register a registrable qualification made separately from an application mentioned in (a), (b), (e) or (f) above	£23
(h)	an application for entering on the register a recordable qualification	£25
(i)	a retention of registration	[F5 £120]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. rule 3 substituted (1.1.2006) by The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2005 (S.I. 2005/3353), Sch. rules 1, 3(a)

F2 Sch. rule 3 table substituted (7.11.2011) by The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees and Education, Registration and Registration Appeals) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2011 (S.I. 2011/2297), Sch. rules 1, 2

F3 Words in Sch. rule 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 23(b)(i) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 4 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 12(3)-(10)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Words in Sch. rule 3 table substituted (28.1.2019) by The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2018 (S.I. 2018/1198), art. 1, Sch. rule 2(a)

F5 Sum in Sch. rule 3 table substituted (1.2.2015) by The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2014 (S.I. 2014/3139), art. 1, Sch. rule 2(a)

F6 Sum in Sch. rule 3 table substituted (1.2.2015) by The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2014 (S.I. 2014/3139), art. 1, Sch. rule 2(b)

F7 Word in Sch. rule 3 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 23(b)(ii) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 4 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 12(3)-(10)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F8 Words in Sch. rule 3 table substituted (28.1.2019) by The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2018 (S.I. 2018/1198), art. 1, Sch. rule 2(b)

F9 Words in Sch. rule 3 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 23(a) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 4 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 12(3)-(10)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[F10 Fee for retention of registration U.K.

4.— (1) In respect of any registration period beginning on or after 1st January 2006, the registrant shall, except as provided for in paragraph (2), pay a fee for retention of registration (as prescribed in rule 3(i)) which shall be due—

(a) where the registration period is a first registration period (determined in accordance with rule 10 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Education, Registration and Registration Appeals) Rules 2004), on the first and second anniversary of the last day of the month of registration; and

(b) where the registration period is subsequent to a first registration period (determined in accordance with rule 10 of those Rules), on the first and second anniversary of the day on which her previous registration period ended.

(2) Where a registrant’s registration period ends on 31st December 2005 a fee for retention of registration will not be due during the registration period ending 31st December 2008.]]

Textual Amendments

F5 Sum in Sch. rule 3 table substituted (1.2.2015) by The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2014 (S.I. 2014/3139), art. 1, Sch. rule 2(a)

F10 Sch. rule 4 added (1.1.2006) by The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2005 (S.I. 2005/3353), rule 1, Sch. rule 4

Given under the official seal of the Nursing and Midwifery Council on 3rd June 2004.

L.S.

Jonathan Asbridge

Sarah Thewlis

PresidentChief Executive and Registrar