The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2023

Statutory Instruments

2023 No. 242

Veterinary Surgeons

The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2023

Made

1st March 2023

Coming into force

1st April 2023

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 1st day of March 2023

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

The Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has made the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (“the Regulations”) in exercise of powers conferred by section 11 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966(1) (“the Act”).

By virtue of section 25(1) of the Act, the Regulations do not have effect unless approved by order of the Privy Council.

Their Lordships make this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 25(1) and (2) of the Act.

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2023 and comes into force on 1st April 2023.

Approval

2.  The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 set out in the Schedule are approved.

Revocation

3.  The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations Order of Council 2020(2) is revoked.

Richard Tilbrook

Clerk of the Privy Council

Article 2

SCHEDULE The Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

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

For Part 4 (Fees payable) of the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) Regulations 2014(3), substitute—

“PART 4 Fees payable

Table 1

Registration fees payable under regulation 9

Type of registrant	Fee payable (£)
New graduates registered by 31 December following graduation	189
Other persons registered between 1 April and 30 September	379
Other persons registered between 1 October and 31 March	189

Table 2

Fees for temporary registrants payable under regulations 10, 11 and 14

Type of fee	Fee payable (£)
Normal registration fee	379
Registration fee for practice restricted to period of six months or less	189
Retention fee	379

Table 3

Retention fees payable under regulation 15

Circumstances	Column A – Fee payable if payment received on or before 30 April (£)	Column B – Fee payable if payment received after 30 April (£)
Standard registrant	379	414
Overseas practising registrant	189	224
Non-practising registrant	62	97

Table 4

Additional fees payable under regulations 16 and 17

Fee paid (£)	New circumstance	Extra sum payable if change takes place before 1 October (£)	Extra sum payable if change takes place on or after 1 October (£)
62 or 97	Practising, but not in the British Islands	127	64
62 or 97	Practising in the British Islands	317	158
189 or 224	Practising in the British Islands	190	95

Table 5

Credits payable under regulation 18

Fee paid (£)	New circumstance	Sum to be credited (£)
379 or 414	Non-practising registrant	158
379 or 414	Overseas practising registrant	95
189 or 224	Non-practising registrant	64

Table 6

Restoration fees payable under regulation 19

Type of restoration	Fee payable (£)
Restoration under section 11(3) of the Act following removal for non-receipt of retention fee	379
Restoration in other circumstances	117”

Pursuant to a resolution of the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons on 6th February 2023, the Common Seal of the said Royal College was affixed on the 9th February 2023 in the presence of—

Niall Connell

Member of Council

Kate Richards

Member of Council

Eleanor Ferguson

Officer of the College

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order approves the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 made by the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (“RCVS”) under section 11 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 on 9th February 2023. Those Regulations substitute a new Part 4 of the Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Practitioners (Registration) Regulations 2014 (“the 2014 Regulations”) (S.I. 2014/3493).

The new Part 4 of the 2014 Regulations, which takes effect from 1st April 2023, provides for increases of approximately 2-7% in the fees for registration and retention of names in the Register of the RCVS, except for the fee in column 2 of row 3 in Table 6, in respect of which it provides for an increase of approximately 29%. It also provides for increases of approximately 4%-7% in the retention fee credits referred to in column 3 in Table 5.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

(1)

1966 c. 36; section 11(7) was inserted by S.I. 2008/1824 and was repealed by S.I. 2019/454.

(2)

S.I. 2020/42.

(3)

S.I. 2014/3493, amended by S.I. 2020/42.