Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Health and Care Professions Council (Registration and Fees) (Amendment) Rules Order of Council 2021 and comes into force on 1st July 2021.

Privy Council approval

2.  Their Lordships, having taken the Rules contained in the Schedule to this Order into consideration, are pleased to and do approve them.

Article 2

SCHEDULE The Health and Care Professions Council (Registration and Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2021

The Health and Care Professions Council makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by articles 7(1) and (2)(c) and 41(2) of the Health Professions Order 2001.

In accordance with articles 7(1) and (3) and 41(3) of that Order, the Health and Care Professions Council has consulted the Education and Training Committee and representatives of groups of persons it considers appropriate, including representatives of the groups referred to in articles 7(3) and 41(3) of that Order.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Rules may be cited as the Health and Care Professions Council (Registration and Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2021 and come into force on 1st July 2021.

Amendment of the Health and Care Professions Council (Registration and Fees) Rules 2003

2.—(1) The Health and Care Professions Council (Registration and Fees) Rules 2003( 2) are amended as follows.

(2) In rule 14 (registration fee)—

(a) in paragraph (a), for “£90” substitute “£98.12”; and

(b) in paragraph (b), for “£180” substitute “£196.24”.

(3) In rule 15 (renewal fee), for “£180” substitute “£196.24”.

(4) In rule 15A (readmission fee), for “£135” substitute “£147.18”.

(5) In rule 16 (restoration fee), for “£135” substitute “£147.18”.

(6) In rule 17 (scrutiny fees)—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “£63” substitute “£68.68”; and

(b) in paragraph (2), for “£495” substitute “£539.65”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order approves Rules made by the Health and Care Professions Council (“HCPC”). The Rules amend the Health and Care Professions Council (Registration and Fees) Rules 2003, scheduled to the Health Professions Council (Registration and Fees) Rules Order of Council 2003 ( S.I. 2003/1572).

The Rules amend the fees which the HCPC charges for processing and scrutinising applications for admission to its register, for renewal of registration and for readmission or restoration to the register.

The standard fee for registration or renewal of registration is now £196.24 (up from £180), although this is reduced to £98.12 (up from £90) in the case of applicants for registration with an approved qualification who have qualified in the previous two years. Applicants seeking readmission or restoration to the register must pay a fee of £147.18 (up from £135).

The scrutiny fees paid by all new applicants, whose qualifications and in some cases experience need to be assessed, have also increased. The scrutiny fee is £68.68 (up from £63) for applicants relying on an approved United Kingdom qualification and £539.65 (up from £495) for all other applicants.