The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fitness to Practise) (Education, Registration and Registration Appeals) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2015

19.  After rule 15 (readmission to the register) insert—

“Payment of fees

15A.— (1) A person may, with the agreement of the Registrar, pay any prescribed fee for—

(a) registration as provided in rule 5 or rule 8;

(b) retention as provided in rule 12A;

(c) renewal as provided in rule 13;

(d) readmission as provided in rule 15; or

(e) restoration as provided in article 33 of the Order,

in such instalments and by such means of payment as the Registrar may determine.

(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1) the Registrar may determine—

(a) the amount of each instalment and the date on which each instalment is to be paid (with the final instalment due on a date no later than 11 months beginning with the date on which the prescribed fee was due); and

(b) that payment will be made by direct debit or by such other means of payment.

(3) Where it has been agreed in accordance with paragraph (1) that any prescribed fee will be paid in instalments—

(a) the Registrar may make, retain, renew, readmit or restore a register entry once the first such instalment has been so paid; and

(b) references in these Rules to an application being accompanied by the relevant fee, supported by payment of the appropriate fee, or payment of such a fee having been received, shall be construed as if they were references to a direct debit mandate (or such other form of written payment authorisation as the Registrar may determine), being received in respect of those fees.

(4) Where—

(a) in accordance with this rule any prescribed fee is to be paid in instalments; and

(b) following the payment of the first instalment and the making, retention, renewal readmission or restoration of a register entry, any subsequent instalment is not paid by the date on which it is due,

the Registrar will send a notice to the registrant stating that, if payment is not received within 14 days (beginning with the day on which the Registrar sent the notice) the registrant’s name may be removed from the register, and if no such payment is made, the Registrar may remove the registrant’s name from the register.”.