The General Osteopathic Council (Application for Registration and Fees) Rules Order of Council 2000

PART III U.K. Fees

Entry fee U.K.

6.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the fee to be charged for making an entry in the register (“the entry fee") in respect of a person who—

(a) has made an application for registration as a registered osteopath after the end of the transitional period shall be £750 or, where the fee is to be paid by instalments, £795;

(b) has made such an application during the transitional period but whose name has not been entered in the register when that period comes to an end shall be £1750 or, where the fee is to be paid by instalments, £1855.

(2) Where one or more of the following circumstances apply—

(a) the applicant does not intend to practise for at least three months during the twelve month period beginning with the date on which he either—

(i) delivers the entry fee to the Registrar personally, or

(ii) sends the entry fee by registered post service or by a postal service in which delivery or receipt is recorded to the Registrar at the address of any office of the General Council;

(b) the applicant resides outside the United Kingdom or other European Economic Area State, or the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man;

(c) the application for registration is the first successful application made by the applicant;

the entry fee shall be £375 or, where the fee is to be paid by instalments, £397.

(3) The entry fee may only be paid by instalments with the agreement of both the applicant and the Registrar and where the Registrar has sent the applicant a notice in writing specifying the date by which each instalment is to be paid to the Registrar and the amount thereof.

(4) Where it has been agreed in accordance with paragraph (3) that the entry fee shall be paid by instalments, the Registrar shall not enter the applicant’s name in the register until the first instalment has been paid.

Registrar’s authority in relation to entry fees U.K.

7.—(1) Where it has been agreed in accordance with rule 6(3) that the entry fee shall be paid by instalments and the osteopath concerned fails to pay an instalment on the date on which it is due, the Registrar shall send the osteopath a notice in writing stating that, if the instalment is not paid within the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the notice is sent, the Registrar will remove the osteopath’s entry from the register unless the osteopath satisfies him that removal from the register would cause him undue hardship.

(2) If the instalment is not paid within the period referred to in paragraph (1), the Registrar shall remove the osteopath’s entry from the register unless he is satisfied that removal would cause the osteopath concerned undue hardship.

(3) In this rule, a reference to the date on which an instalment is due is a reference to a date which, in accordance with rule 6(3), the Registrar has notified the applicant is a date by which an instalment of the entry fee is payable.

Retention fee U.K.

8.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), the fee to be charged in respect of the retention in the register of any entry in any year following the year in which the entry was first made (“the retention fee") shall be £750 or, where the fee is to be paid by instalments, £795.

(2) Where–

(a) the osteopath is not, on the date on which the retention fee is due, practising as an osteopath and does not intend to practise as an osteopath for at least three months during the twelve month period beginning with the date on which the retention fee is due; or

(b) the osteopath resides outside the United Kingdom or other European Economic Area State, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man;

the retention fee shall be £375 or, where the fee is to be paid by instalments, £395.

(3) Where an osteopath satisfies the following conditions—

(a) the osteopath is paying a retention fee for the first time;

(b) he has been granted a qualification in osteopathy, whether or not it is a relevant qualification, during the period of one year immediately preceding the date on which he was first registered; and

(c) he has not been practising as an osteopath for longer than a period of eighteen months ending with the date on which he was first registered,

the retention fee shall be £500 or, where the fee is to be paid by instalments, £530.

(4) Where paragraphs (2) and (3) apply, the retention fee shall be £250 or, where the fee is to be paid by instalments, £275.

(5) The retention fee may only be paid by instalments with the agreement of both the osteopath and the Registrar and where the Registrar has sent the osteopath a notice in writing specifying the date by which each instalment is to be paid to the Registrar and the amount thereof.

Registrar’s authority in relation to retention fees U.K.

9.—(1) Except where it has been agreed that the retention fee shall be paid by instalments, the Registrar shall remove from the register any entry relating to a registered osteopath who, after the appropriate notices specified in either paragraph (2) or (3) have been sent, fails to pay the retention fee unless he is satisfied that the removal would cause the osteopath undue hardship.

(2) Where a registered osteopath has not given the Registrar a bank authority, the Registrar shall—

(a) send the osteopath a notice in writing not less than 28 days before the date on which the retention fee is due which states that the retention fee is due and the date on which it is due; and

(b) if the retention fee has not been paid by the date on which it is due, send a further notice (“the second notice") in writing stating that if the retention fee is not paid within the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which the second notice is sent the Registrar will remove the osteopath’s entry from the register unless the osteopath satisfies him that removal from the register would cause him undue hardship.

(3) Where a registered osteopath has given the Registrar a bank authority and the retention fee has not been paid in accordance with that authority by the date on which that fee is due, the Registrar shall send the osteopath a notice in writing stating that, if the retention fee is not paid within the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice is sent, the Registrar will remove the osteopath’s entry from the register unless the osteopath satisfies him that removal from the register would cause him undue hardship.

(4) Where it has been agreed in accordance with rule 8(5) that the retention fee shall be paid by instalments and the osteopath has failed to pay an instalment on the date when it is due, the Registrar shall send the osteopath a notice in writing stating that, if the instalment is not paid within the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which the notice is sent, the Registrar will remove the osteopath’s entry from the register unless the osteopath satisfies him that removal from the register would cause him undue hardship.

(5) If the instalment is not paid within the period referred to in paragraph (4), the Registrar shall remove the osteopath’s entry from the register unless he is satisfied that the removal would cause the osteopath concerned undue hardship.

(6) In this rule, a reference to the date on which an instalment of a retention fee is due is a reference to a date which the Registrar has notified the osteopath concerned under rule 8(5) is a date on which an instalment is payable.

Restoration fee U.K.

10.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the fee to be charged for restoring an entry in the register (“the restoration fee") shall be £750.

(2) Where—

(a) the person applying for restoration to the register does not intend to practise for at least three months during the twelve month period beginning with the date on which he either—

(i) delivers the restoration fee to the Registrar, or

(ii) sends the restoration fee by registered post service or by a postal service in which delivery or receipt is recorded to the Registrar at the address of any office of the General Council; or

(b) the osteopath resides outside the United Kingdom or other European Economic Area State, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man;

the restoration fee shall be £375.

(3) Where the osteopath applying for restoration to the register has never paid a retention fee, the restoration fee shall be £500.

Entry in the register, and payment of fees U.K.

11.  The Registrar shall refuse to make an entry in the register in respect of a person who has made an application for registration as a registered osteopath unless the fees specified in rules 6 and 8 have been paid and shall refuse to restore an entry to the register unless the fee specified in rule 10 has been paid.