The General Chiropractic Council (Registration During Transitional Period) Rules Order of Council 1999

Fees

9.—(1) The fee prescribed for the purposes of sections 3(2)(a) and 4(2)(a) of the Act for any application for registration made during the transitional period shall be–

(a) £100 in respect of an applicant who satisfies the Registrar that, by virtue of sickness or other reason, he does not intend to engage in the practice of chiropractic during the relevant period within the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or a European Economic Area State, or

(b) in any other case–

(i) in respect of an application which is made within the period of 12 months beginning on the day on which these Rules come into force, £1,000;

(ii) in respect of an application which is made after that period, £1,250.

(2) The Registrar may refuse to make an entry in the register if any fee provided for in paragraph (1) or in Rule 8(1) (as the case may be) has not been paid.

(3) In this Rule, “European Economic Area State” means a State which is a contracting party to the European Economic Area Agreement, and for this purpose the “European Economic Area Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992(1) as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993(2).

(4) In paragraph (1)(a), “the relevant period” means, in the case of registration first made in the year 1999 or 2000, the period beginning with the day on which the registration is made and ending with 31st December 2000, and in any other case means the period beginning with the day on which the registration is made and ending with 31st December 2001.

(1)

Command 203/2073 and OJ No. L1. p. 3.

(2)

Command 2183 and OJ No. L1. p. 572.