The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 1989

Made: 14th December 1989

Now, therefore, Their Lordships, having taken the said Regulations into consideration, are hereby pleased, in exercise of the power conferred on Them by section 25(1) of the said Act, to approve the same.

This Order may be cited as the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 1989.

SCHEDULE — THE VETERINARY SURGEONS AND VETERINARY PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1989

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

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 1989.

2

Regulation 16 of the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners Registration Regulations 1967[^f00002], as amended (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Regulations”), shall be further amended by the deletion of the second sentence and the substitution of the following therefor—

This fee shall be paid at the time of the application for registration and shall be £80 for names entered on the register before 31st March 1990 and £128 for names entered on the register on 31st March 1990 and thereafter.

3

Regulation 20 of the principal Regulations shall be amended by—

• (a) the deletion in paragraphs (a), (b), (d) and (e) of the amounts “£70”, “£2050”, “£13” and “£7” and the substitution therefor of the amounts “£112”, “£33”, “£21” and “£11” respectively;

• (b) the deletion of paragraph (c) and the substitution of the following therefor—

(c) In the case of a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner who declares in writing to the Registrar that he or she— (i) is retired from gainful employment by reason of ill-health, parenthood, family commitments, or for such other reason as may be acceptable to the Council; or (ii) having reached the age of sixty years is retired from all gainful employment of a veterinary nature

4

Regulation 22 of the principal Regulations shall be amended by the deletion of the amounts “£10” and “£5” and the substitution therefor of the amounts “£16” and “£8”.

5

Regulation 23 of the principal Regulations shall be amended by the deletion in the first and third sentences of paragraph (b) of the amount “£80” and the substitution therefor in each case of the amount “£128”.

Signed

G I de Deney — Clerk of the Privy Council

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 1967 by increasing the fees payable for the registration and annual retention of names on the registers of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. The fees were last fixed in 1985, and the average level of increase is 60 per cent.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1966 c. 36

[^f00002]: S.I. 1967/395, amended by S.I. 1975/70, 2212, 1978/1809, 1980/2004, 1984/2009, 1988/2099