The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) Regulations Order of Council 2000

PART IX FEES PAYABLE BY VETERINARY SURGEONS AND VETERINARY PRACTITIONERS

15.  The fee for the entry of a name in the general list, Commonwealth list or foreign list and for the retention of the name in any of the aforesaid lists shall be called the registration fee. This fee shall be paid at the time of application for registration and shall be of such amount as is specified in the Schedule.

16.  The registration fee shall—

(a) cover the insertion in the general list, Commonwealth list or foreign list of the particulars required under Regulation 3(1); and

(b) shall entitle a veterinary surgeon whose name is entered on the general list, Commonwealth list or foreign list to the retention of his name in such list until the end of the fee year next following that in which the entry was made.

17.  A fee, which shall be called the retention fee, shall also be charged—

(a) to a veterinary surgeon for the retention of his name in the general list, Commonwealth list or foreign list for each fee year beyond the period covered by the registration fee;

(b) to a veterinary practitioner for the retention of his name in the supplementary veterinary register for each fee year following that in which his name is first entered in the supplementary veterinary register.

18.  Subject to the provisions of Regulation 22, the retention fee for the retention of a name in the general list, Commonweath list or foreign list, or in the supplementary veterinary register, shall be of such amount as is specified in the Schedule and shall be payable before the beginning of the fee year to which it relates. Provided that where a member pays by credit card an administrative charge of £10, or such other amount as may be determined by the Council from time to time, shall be payable, in addition to the relevant amount specified in the Schedule. Provided further that the Council may, in the case of a veterinary surgeon who is taking a post-graduate course in a veterinary or allied subject, and on the application of such veterinary surgeon, remit such portion of the retention fee in any one year as may to the Council appear appropriate.

19.  Subject to the provisions of Regulation 22, a veterinary surgeon who has paid the prescribed retention fee for practising outside the geographical areas referred to in paragraph 2(i) of the Schedule but who practises or is employed within those geographical areas shall pay to the Council the prescribed retention fee in respect of practice or employment within those geographical areas on the next following date on which it falls due.

20.  The fees for restoration of a name to the general list, Commonwealth list or foreign list or to the supplementary veterinary register shall be of such amounts as are specified in the Schedule and shall be additional to the retention fee for any year during which the name is included in any such list or register.