The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2006

Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 3255

VETERINARY SURGEONS

The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2006

Made

5th December 2006

Coming into force

1st April 2007

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 5th day of December 2006

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

In exercise of the power in 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 2006 (“the Regulations”) set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Under section 25(1) of that Act, the Regulations do not have effect unless approved by Order of the Privy Council.

In exercise of the power in section 25(1) of the Act, Their Lordships order as follows:

Title and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2006 and comes into force on 1st April 2007.

Approval

2.  The Regulations set out in the Schedule are approved.

Meriel McCullagh

Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council

Article 2

SCHEDULE THE VETERINARY SURGEONS AND VETERINARY PRACTITIONERS (REGISTRATION) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2006

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 amendment to the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) Regulations—

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2006.

2.  The Schedule (Table of Fees Payable) to the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) Regulations 2005(2) shall be replaced by the following—

SCHEDULE TABLE OF FEES PAYABLE

	Regulation	Amount Payable
1.	Regulation 14 (Registration Fee)	£70 (Previous £66)
2.	Regulation 16 (Retention Fee) (i) for a veterinary surgeon practising in the United Kingdom unless (iii) below applies	£277 (Previous £264)
	(ii) for a veterinary surgeon practising outside the United Kingdom unless (iii) below applies	£139 (Previous £132)
	(iii) for any other veterinary surgeon who has provided the registrar with a declaration in accordance with Regulation 23	£46 (Previous £43)
	(iv) for a veterinary surgeon who is undertaking in the United Kingdom a full-time post-graduate degree course in a veterinary or allied subject, and who is required as part of the course to undertake acts of veterinary surgery	£139 (Previous £132)
	(v) for any other veterinary surgeon who has provided the registrar with a declaration in accordance with Regulation 23 and is over the age of 70 at 1st April	£0 (Previous £0)
	(vi) for a person registered in the supplementary veterinary register under section 6 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1948	£27
	(vii) for a person registered in the supplementary veterinary register under section 8 of the Act	£13
3.	Regulation 13(1) (Restoration to register—removed under section 11(2) of the Act):
	(i) veterinary surgeon	£277 (Previous £264)
	(ii) supplementary veterinary register	£15
4.	Regulations 13(2) and 13(3) (Restoration—removed under sections 13(2) or 16(2) of the Act):
	(i) veterinary surgeon	£139 (Previous £132)
	(ii) supplementary veterinary register	£15
5.	Regulation 20 (Temporary registration)
	(i) for a veterinary surgeon undergoing a course of study of six months' duration or less, arranged by a veterinary practice or group of such practices, for the purpose of improving clinical skills, and where the veterinary surgeon concerned is a national of a developing country which is included in a list approved by the Council	£146 (Previous £138)
	(ii) in all other cases	£293 (Previous £279)

Pursuant to a resolution of the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons held on 1st June 2006, the Common Seal of the said Royal College was affixed hereto on the said 1st June 2006 in the presence of —

L.S.

Lynne V. Hill

President

R.P. Moore C.J. Chesney

Members of Council

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order approves the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (“the Regulations”) made by the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (“the RCVS”) under section 11 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966. The Regulations replace the Schedule to the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) Regulations 2005 with a new Schedule (Table of fees payable). This Order comes into force on 1st April 2007.

The Regulations provide for an increase in fees payable for annual registration and retention of names on the registers of the RCVS as set out in the Schedule. The increase in fees for all categories of membership is 5% except for restoration of a name to the supplementary register, the fee for which is not increased. No fee is charged for non-practising veterinary surgeons over 70 years of age on 1st April of the year in which a fee would otherwise be due.

The increase in fees payable set out above has been determined by the Council of the RCVS, which is elected by the members of the RCVS. The new fees represent the amounts deemed necessary by the Council of the RCVS for the effective administration of the RCVS.

(1)

1966 c. 36.

(2)

Scheduled to S.I. 2005/3517.