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Amendment of Health Professions Council (Registration and Fees) Rules Order of Council 2003U.K.

4.—(1) The Schedule to the Health Professions Council (Registration and Fees) Rules Order of Council 2003(1) (the Health Professions Council (Registration and Fees) Rules 2003) is amended as follows.

(2) In rule 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “the Order”, for “Health Professions Order 2001” substitute “Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001”.

(3) In rule 2A (application to visiting health professionals from relevant European States), including the heading to that rule, for “visiting health professionals” substitute “visiting health or social work professionals”.

(4) In rule 10 (registration period)—

(a)after paragraph (2B) insert—

“(2C) The first registration period of a social worker who, on 1st August 2012, is transferred to the register by virtue of article 4(1) of the General Social Care Council (Transfer of Register and Abolition–Transitional and Saving Provision) Order of Council 2012(2) (transfer of register of social workers maintained by General Social Care Council) ends on 30th November 2012.”;

(b)In paragraph (3), for “(2A) or (2B)” substitute “(2A), (2B) or (2C)”.

(5) In rule 11A (continuing professional development), in paragraph (2), for “health professional” substitute “registrant”.

(6) In rule 14 (registration fee)—

(a)in paragraph (1), for “(2) to (4)” substitute “(2) to (5)”;

(b)after paragraph (4) add—

“(5) A social worker whose first registration period is provided for in rule 10(2C) is not liable to pay a registration fee in respect of that registration period.”.

(7) In Schedule 5 (registration period), after the entry in column 1 relating to “Radiographers: Diagnostic or Therapeutic” and the corresponding entry in column 2, insert—

(a)in column 1, “Social Workers”, and

(b)in column 2, “30th November in an even-numbered year”.

Commencement Information

I1Art. 4 in force at 1.8.2012, see art. 1(2)

(1)

S.I. 2003/1572. Rule 2 was amended, and rule 2A inserted, by S.I. 2007/3101. Rule 11A was inserted by S.I. 2005/1625. Rule 15 was most recently substituted by S.I. 2009/1355. Rule 10 was amended, and Schedule 5 substituted, by S.I. 2004/2524. Other relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2005/2114, 2007/1280, 2009/272 and 1355 and 2010/479.