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Statutory Instruments
Veterinary Surgeons
Made
6th March 2024
Coming into force
1st April 2024
At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 6th day of March 2024
By the Lords of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council
The Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has made the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (“ the Regulations”), which are set out in the Schedule to this Order, in exercise of powers conferred by section 11 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966( 1) (“ the Act”).
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 this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 25(1) and (2) of the Act.
1. This Order may be cited as the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2024 and comes into force on 1st April 2024.
2. The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 set out in the Schedule are approved.
3. The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2023( 2) is revoked.
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council
Article 2
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( 3), substitute—
Type of registrant | Fee payable (£) |
---|---|
New graduates registered by 31 December following graduation | 200 |
Other persons registered between 1 April and 30 September | 402 |
Other persons registered between 1 October and 31 March | 200 |
Type of fee | Fee payable (£) |
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Normal registration fee | 402 |
Registration fee for practice restricted to period of six months or less | 200 |
Retention fee | 402 |
Circumstances | Column A – Fee payable if payment received on or before 30 April (£) | Column B – Fee payable if payment received after 30 April (£) |
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Standard registrant | 402 | 437 |
Overseas practising registrant | 200 | 235 |
Non-practising registrant | 66 | 101 |
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 (£) |
---|---|---|---|
66 or 101 | Practising, but not in the British Islands | 134 | 67 |
66 or 101 | Practising in the British Islands | 336 | 168 |
200 or 235 | Practising in the British Islands | 202 | 101 |
Fee paid (£) | New circumstance | Sum to be credited (£) |
---|---|---|
402 or 437 | Non-practising registrant | 168 |
402 or 437 | Overseas practising registrant | 101 |
200 or 235 | Non-practising registrant | 67 |
Type of restoration | Fee payable (£) |
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Restoration under section 11(3) of the Act following removal for non-receipt of retention fee | 402 |
Restoration in other circumstances | 124 ” |
Pursuant to a resolution of the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons on 8th June 2023, the Common Seal of the said Royal College was affixed on the 5th July 2023 in the presence of—
Kate Richards
Member of Council
Eleanor Ferguson
Officer of the College
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order approves the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 made by the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (“ RCVS”) under section 11 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 on 5th July 2023. Those Regulations substitute a new Part 4 of the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) Regulations 2014 (“ the 2014 Regulations”) ( S.I. 2014/3493).
The new Part 4 of the 2014 Regulations, which takes effect from 1st April 2024, provides for increases of approximately 4-6% 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.
1966 c. 36; section 11(7) was inserted by S.I. 2008/1824and was repealed by S.I. 2019/454.
S.I. 2014/3493, amended by S.I. 2023/242.