2014 No. 598

Healthcare And Associated ProfessionsOsteopaths

The General Osteopathic Council (Application for Registration and Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2014

Made

Coming into force

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall the 5th day of March 2014

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

The General Osteopathic Council has made the General Osteopathic Council (Application for Registration and Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2014, which are set out in the Schedule to this Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(2) and (4), and 35(2) of the Osteopaths Act 19931.

By virtue of sections 35(1) and 36(1) of that Act, such Rules shall not come into force until approved by Order of the Privy Council.

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the General Osteopathic Council (Application for Registration and Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2014 and shall come into force on 1st May 2014.

Privy Council Approval2

Their Lordships, having taken these Rules into consideration, are pleased to and do approve them.

Richard TilbrookClerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULEThe General Osteopathic Council (Application for Registration and Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2014

Article 2

The General Osteopathic Council makes the following Rules in exercise of its powers under sections 6(2) and (4), and 35(2) of the Osteopaths Act 1993.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

These Rules may be cited as the General Osteopathic Council (Application for Registration and Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2014 and shall come into force on 1st May 2014.

2

In these Rules “the Principal Rules” means the General Osteopathic Council (Application for Registration and Fees) Rules 20002.

Amendments to the Principal Rules2

In Part III of the Principal Rules—

a

in rule 6(2)for—

i

£340 substitute £320, and

ii

£350 substitute £330;

b

in rule 8(1) for—

i

£610 substitute £570, and

ii

£630 substitute £590;

c

in rule 8(2) for—

i

£340 substitute £320, and

ii

£350 substitute £330;

d

in rule 8(3) for—

i

£455 substitute £430, and

ii

£470 substitute £445;

e

in rule 8(4) for—

i

£230 substitute £215, and

ii

£240 substitute £225;

f

in rule 10(1), for £610 substitute £570;

g

in rule 10(2), for £340 substitute £320;

h

in rule 10(3), for £455 substitute £430.

Given under the official seal of the General Osteopathic Council this twenty-ninth day of January 2014.

Alison J. WhiteChair of the General Osteopathic Council
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Rules contained in the Schedule to this Order amend the General Osteopathic Council (Application for Registration and Fees) Rules as set out in the Schedule to the General Osteopathic Council (Application for Registration and Fees) Rules Order of Council 2000 (S.I. 2000/1038) by reducing, in certain circumstances, the “entry fee” payable by an Osteopath when first entered on to the register, by reducing the “retention fee” payable by an Osteopath in order to remain on the register subsequently, and by reducing the “restoration fee” payable by an Osteopath in order to have an entry restored to the register.

The entry fee payable under rule 6(2) is reduced from £340 to £320, and from £350 to £330 when paid in instalments.

The retention fee payable under–

i

rule 8(1) is reduced from £610 to £570, and from £630 to £590 when paid in instalments;

ii

rule 8(2) is reduced from £340 to £320, and from £350 to £330 when paid in instalments;

iii

rule 8(3) is reduced from £455 to £430, and from £470 to £445 when paid in instalments; and

iv

rule 8(4) is reduced from £230 to £215, and from £240 to £225 when paid in instalments.

The restoration fee payable under-

i

rule 10(1) is reduced from £610 to £570;

ii

rule 10(2) is reduced from £340 to £320; and

iii

rule 10(3) is reduced from £455 to £430.