Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the General Osteopathic Council (Application for Registration and Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2013 and shall come into force on 1st May 2013.

Privy Council Approval

2.  Their Lordships, having taken these Rules into consideration, are pleased to and do approve them.

SCHEDULEThe General Osteopathic Council (Application for Registration and Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2013

The General Osteopathic Council makes the following Rules in exercise of its powers under sections 6(2) and 35(2) of the Osteopaths Act 1993.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) These Rules may be cited as the General Osteopathic Council (Application for Registration and Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2013 and shall come into force on 1st May 2013.

(2) In these Rules "the Principal Rules" means the General Osteopathic Council (Application for Registration and Fees) Rules 2000(2).

Amendments to the Principal Rules

2.  In Part III of the Schedule to the Principal Rules-

(a)in rule 6(2) for-

(i)£375 substitute £340, and

(ii)£385 substitute £350;

(b)in rule 8(1) for-

(i)£675 substitute £610, and

(ii)£695 substitute £630;

(c)in rule 8(2) for-

(i)£375 substitute £340, and

(ii)£385 substitute £350;

(d)in rule 8(3) for-

(i)£500 substitute £455, and

(ii)£515 substitute £470;

(e)in rule 8(4) for-

(i)£250 substitute £230, and

(ii)£260 substitute £240;

(f)in rule 10(1), for £675 substitute £610;

(g)in rule 10(2), for £375 substitute £340;

(h)in rule 10(3), for £500 substitute £455.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the General Osteopathic Council (Application for Registration and Fees) Rules Order of Council 2000 (S.I. 2000/1038) by reducing, in certain circumstances, the "entry fee" payable by an Osteopath when first entered on to the register, by reducing the "retention fee" payable by an Osteopath in order to remain on the register subsequently, and by reducing the "restoration fee" payable by an Osteopath in order to have an entry restored to the register.

The entry fee payable under rule 6(2) is reduced from £375 to £340, and from £385 to £350 when paid in instalments.

The retention fee payable under–

(i)rule 8(1) is reduced from £675 to £610, and from £695 to £630 when paid in instalments;

(ii)rule 8(2) is reduced from £375 to £340, and from £385 to £350 when paid in instalments;

(iii)rule 8(3) is reduced from £500 to £455, and from £515 to £470 when paid in instalments; and

(iv)rule 8(4) is reduced from £250 to £230, and from £260 to £240 when paid in instalments.

The restoration fee payable under-

(i)rule 10(1) is reduced from £675 to £610;

(ii)rule 10(2) is reduced from £375 to £340; and

(iii)rule 10(3) is reduced from £500 to £455.