The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (Fees) Rules Order 2005

SCHEDULE THE POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING BOARD (FEES) RULES 2005

The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board in exercise of the powers conferred on it by articles 24 and 25(1) of the General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) Order 2003(1), and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Rules may be cited as the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (Fees) Rules 2005 and shall come into force on 30th September 2005.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Rules—

“Application” means the processing of, and the making of a determination in respect of, the application;

“Oral Appeal” means an appeal determined after an oral hearing;

“Order” means the General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualification) Order 2003;

“Original Decision” means a decision of the Board under article 8(1), article 11(6) or article 14(10) which is not a Subsequent Decision;

“relevant date” has the meaning given to it in paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 8 to the Order;

“Re-submitted Application” means an application submitted by a person to the Board pursuant to—

(a)

article 8(1) where the Board has previously issued to that person an Original Decision under that article;

(b)

article 11(3), where the Board has previously issued to that person an Original Decision under article 11(6); or

(c)

article 14(4) or (5), where the Board has previously issued to that person an Original Decision under article 14(10),

where that application is received by the Board within the period of three years beginning with the date of the Board’s Original Decision, regardless of whether that application includes a request for a statement of eligibility for registration pursuant to article 11(7) or 14(11) (as the case may be);

“Review” means a review of—

(a)

an Original or a Subsequent Decision; or

(b)

a decision of the Board in respect of an application for a certificate of acquired rights under article 12(3) of the Order,

as provided for in the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (Award of Certificates) Rules 2005(2);

“Subsequent Decision” means a decision of the Board under article 8(1), article 11(6) or article 14(10) made pursuant to a Re-submitted Application; and

“Written Appeal” means an appeal determined without an oral hearing.

(2) Any reference in these Rules to a numbered article is a reference to the article bearing that number in the Order.

Fees to be charged by the Board

3.  In respect of each function identified in column 2 of the table in the Schedule, the Board shall charge a fee of the applicable amount set out in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that table.

(1)

S.I. 2003/1250, as amended by S.I. 2004/865, 1947, 2261, 3038 and S.R. 2004/156.

(2)

These Rules come into force in part on 1st July 2005, and the remainder on 30th September 2005. The Rules are available from the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board’s website - www.pmetb.org.uk.