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This Order may be cited as the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2001, and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

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Specified date: 1 April 2002: see above.

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2

2

The Regulations set out in the Schedule hereto are approved.

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Specified date: 1 April 2002: see art 1.

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3

3

The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2000 is hereby revoked.

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Specified date: 1 April 2002: see art 1.

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Signature

Pursuant to a Resolution passed at a meeting of the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons held on 1st November 2001, the Common Seal of the said Royal College was affixed hereto on the same date in the presence of:

R Green

President

Dr L Brown

JS Ware

Members of Council

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SCHEDULE The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners Registration (Amendment) Regulations 2001

SCHEDULE  The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners Registration (Amendment) Regulations 2001

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

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners Registration (Amendment) Regulations 2001.

2

The Schedule (Table of Fees Payable) to the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners Registration (Amendment) Regulations 2000 shall be replaced by the following:—

TABLE OF FEES PAYABLE WITH EFFECT FROM 1ST APRIL 2002

Regulation Amount Payable
1Regulation 17 (Retention Fee)£230 (Previously £220)
2Regulation 15 (Registration Fee)
(i) for a veterinary surgeon practising or gainfully employed in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, unless (iii) below applies£208 (Previously £200)
(ii) for a veterinary surgeon practising or gainfully employed outside the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, unless (iii) below applies£83 (Previously £80)
(iii) for a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner who declares in writing to the Registrar that he or she has retired from practice or gainful employment by reason of ill-health, parenthood, family commitments or such other circumstances as may be acceptable to the Council or that he or she has reached the age of sixty years and has retired from practice and all gainful employment of a veterinary nature£20
(iv) for a person registered in the supplementary veterinary register under section 6 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1948£27
(v) for a person registered in the supplementary veterinary register under section 8 of the Act£13
3Regulation 20 (restoration to register)£22 (Previously £20)
4Regulation 20 (restoration to supplemental veterinary register)£15
5Regulation 21 (temporary registration)£220 (Previously £200)
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Initial Commencement
Specified date

Specified date: 1 April 2002: see art 1.

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Signature

Pursuant to a Resolution passed at a meeting of the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons held on 1st November 2001, the Common Seal of the said Royal College was affixed hereto on the same date in the presence of:

R Green

President

Dr L Brown

JS Ware

Members of Council

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order)

The Regulations approved by this Order further amend the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners Registration Regulations by increasing, with effect from 1st April 2002, the fees payable for the registration and annual retention of names on the Registers of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. The fee increases range from 4 per cent to 10 per cent.

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