The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) Rules Order of Council 2004

Made: 9th June 2004

Laid before Parliament: 1st July 2004

Coming into force: 1st August 2004

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 9th day of June 2004

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

Whereas in exercise of the powers conferred on it by articles 7(1), 7(2), 33(7)(a) and 47(2) of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 , and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, the Nursing and Midwifery Council has made the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) Rules 2004 as set out in the Schedule to this Order:

And whereas by articles 47(1) and 48 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 such Rules shall not come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council:

Now, therefore, Their Lordships, having taken the Rules into consideration, are pleased to, and do hereby, approve them.

This Order may be cited as the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) Rules Order of Council 2004 and shall come into force on 1st August 2004.

SCHEDULE — THE NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL (FEES) RULES 2004

The Nursing and Midwifery Council in exercise of its powers under articles 7(1), 7(2), 33(7)(a) and 47(2) of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001(a) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf and following consultation in accordance with articles 7(3) and 47(3) of that Order hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

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These Rules may be cited as the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) Rules 2004 and shall come into force on 1st August 2004.

Interpretation

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In these Rules—

• “recordable qualification” means a qualification which is not a registrable qualification and which—meets the standards set by the Council; oris obtained outside the United Kingdom and which the Council is satisfied is equivalent to a qualification of the type referred to in paragraph (a);

• “registrable qualification” means a qualification leading to admission to a part of the register; and

• “the Order” means the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001.

Fees

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The fee to be paid in support of an application , an evaluation or a retention described in Column (2) of the table below shall be the fee specified in Column (3) opposite it—

Signed

A. K. Galloway — Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2002/253.

This Order may be cited as the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) Rules Order of Council 2004 and shall come into force on 1st August 2004.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council in exercise of its powers under articles 7(1), 7(2), 33(7)(a) and 47(2) of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001(a) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf and following consultation in accordance with articles 7(3) and 47(3) of that Order hereby makes the following Rules:

Editorial notes

[^c5245101]: S.I. 2002/253.

[^key-762cde28a855a8e7a9113b01c73c2a84]: Sch. rule 4 added (1.1.2006) by The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2005 (S.I. 2005/3353), rule 1, Sch. rule 4

[^key-2e3e7fd0cd8dbc24ae19f45a9997a4de]: Words in Sch. rule 3 substituted (1.1.2006) by The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2005 (S.I. 2005/3353), Sch. rules 1, 3(a)

[^key-8a800570cc33ed3448fc7deabf6812ee]: Sch. rule 3 table substituted (7.11.2011) by The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees and Education, Registration and Registration Appeals) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2011 (S.I. 2011/2297), Sch. rules 1, 2

[^key-4dbe337e7abfffef9436ab4fc7d2fcb7]: Sum in Sch. rule 3 table substituted (1.2.2015) by The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2014 (S.I. 2014/3139), art. 1, Sch. rule 2(a)

[^key-19cf065b0839797bbaf9a836167cfd40]: Sum in Sch. rule 3 table substituted (1.2.2015) by The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2014 (S.I. 2014/3139), art. 1, Sch. rule 2(b)

[^key-4fe87bdf6372be90e593ca76d387c74c]: Words in Sch. rule 3 table substituted (28.1.2019) by The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2018 (S.I. 2018/1198), art. 1, Sch. rule 2(a)

[^key-a86c34b0f3b88da04196e317b62be7c0]: Words in Sch. rule 3 table substituted (28.1.2019) by The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2018 (S.I. 2018/1198), art. 1, Sch. rule 2(b)

[^key-78d85b629e6df304b060b7a8ae8d396f]: Words in Sch. rule 3 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 23(a) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 4 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 12(3)-(10)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-b09750e2fc80cdd2e9bd164241ea6ba6]: Words in Sch. rule 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 23(b)(i) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 4 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 12(3)-(10)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-a0a966f4c47fc954a3ea9c7f81df2ec7]: Word in Sch. rule 3 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 23(b)(ii) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 4 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 12(3)-(10)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Fee for retention of registration

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• (1) In respect of any registration period beginning on or after 1st January 2006, the registrant shall, except as provided for in paragraph (2), pay a fee for retention of registration (as prescribed in rule 3(i)) which shall be due—

• (a) where the registration period is a first registration period (determined in accordance with rule 10 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Education, Registration and Registration Appeals) Rules 2004), on the first and second anniversary of the last day of the month of registration; and

• (b) where the registration period is subsequent to a first registration period (determined in accordance with rule 10 of those Rules), on the first and second anniversary of the day on which her previous registration period ended.

• (2) Where a registrant’s registration period ends on 31st December 2005 a fee for retention of registration will not be due during the registration period ending 31st December 2008.