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

SCHEDULE 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:

Citation and commencement

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

Interpretation

2.  In these Rules—

“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.

Fees

3.  The fee to be paid in support of an application or evaluation described in Column (2) of the table below shall be the fee specified in Column (3) opposite it—

Column (1)	Column (2)	Column (3)
(a)	an application for first registration made on or after 1st August 2004 and before 1st January 2006 by an applicant who is an EEA national who has never been licensed to practise as a nurse or midwife in the United Kingdom or elsewhere	£86
(b)	an application for registration other than one to which (a) above applies, where the applicant is relying on article 13(1)(a) or (b) of the Order	£129
(c)	an application for registration where the applicant is relying on article 13(1)(c) of the Order	£162
(d)	an evaluation of the information where the applicant for registration is relying on article 13(1)(c) of the Order	£140
(e)	an application for renewal of registration at the end of a registration period	£129
(f)	an application for readmission or restoration to the register	£129
(g)	an application in connection with entering on the register a registrable qualification made separately from an application mentioned in (a) to (c), (e) or (f) above	£23
(h)	an application for entering on the register a recordable qualification	£25