The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations Order of Council 2018 (revoked) No. 977

Statutory Instruments

2018 No. 977

Veterinary Surgeons

The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations Order of Council 2018

Made

5th September 2018

Coming into force

1st April 2019

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 5th day of September 2018

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

The Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, in exercise of powers conferred by section 11 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 M1 (“the Act”), has made the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (“the Regulations”) which are set out in the Schedule to this Order.

By virtue of section 25(1) of the Act, the Regulations do not have effect unless approved by order of the Privy Council.

Their Lordships make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 25(1) and (2) of the Act.

Marginal Citations

M1 1966 c. 36; section 11(7) was inserted by S.I. 2008/1824.

Citation and commencement U.K.

1.  This Order may be cited as the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations Order of Council 2018 and comes into force on 1st April 2019.

Approval U.K.

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

Richard Tilbrook

Clerk of the Privy Council

Article 2

SCHEDULE U.K. The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018

The Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, in exercise of its powers under section 11 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, makes the following Regulations.

For Part 4 (Fees payable) of the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) Regulations 2014, substitute—

“PART 4 U.K. Fees payable

Table 1

Registration fees payable under regulation 9

Type of registrant	Fee payable (£)
New graduates registered by 31 December following graduation	170
Other persons registered between 1 April and 30 September	340
Other persons registered between 1 October and 31 March	170

Table 2

Fees for temporary registrants payable under regulations 10, 11 and 14

Type of fee	Fee payable (£)
Normal registration fee	340
Registration fee for practice restricted to period of six months or less	170
Retention fee	340

Table 3

Retention fees payable under regulation 15

Circumstances	Column A – Fee payable if payment received on or before 30 April (£)	Column B – Fee payable if payment received after 30 April (£)
Standard registrant	340	375
Overseas practising registrant	170	205
Non-practising registrant	56	91

Table 4

Additional fees payable under regulations 16 and 17

Fee paid (£)	New circumstance	Extra sum payable if change takes place before 1 October (£)	Extra sum payable if change takes place on or after 1 October (£)
56 or 91	Practising, but not in the British Islands	114	57
56 or 91	Practising in the British Islands	284	142
170 or 205	Practising in the British Islands	170	85

Table 5

Credits payable under regulation 18

Fee paid (£)	New circumstance	Sum to be credited (£)
340 or 375	Non-practising registrant	142
340 or 375	Overseas practising registrant	85
170 or 205	Non-practising registrant	57

Table 6

Restoration fees payable under regulation 19

Type of restoration	Fee payable (£)
Restoration under section 11(3) of the Act following removal for non-receipt of retention fee	340
Restoration in other circumstances	85”.

Pursuant to a resolution of the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons held on 14th June 2018, the Common Seal of the said Royal College was affixed on 4th July 2018 in the presence of—

L.S.

S May

Member of Council

Christopher Tuftnell

Member of Council

Eleanor Ferguson

Officer of the College

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order approves the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 (“the Regulations”) made by the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (“RCVS”) under section 11 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 (c. 36) on 14th June 2018. Those Regulations substitute Part 4 of the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) Regulations 2014 (“the 2014 Regulations”) (as set out in the Schedule to the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) Regulations Order of Council 2014 (S.I. 2014/3493)).

The new Part 4 of the 2014 Regulations, which takes effect from 1st April 2019, provides for an increase of approximately 3% in the fees for registration and retention of names in the register of the RCVS.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.