Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) (Amendment and Repayment) Rules Order of Council 2011, and shall come into force on 1st January 2012.

Privy Council approval

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

SCHEDULEThe General Chiropractic Council (Registration) (Amendment and Repayment) Rules 2011

The General Chiropractic Council makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3(2), 6(2) and (4), and 35(2) of the Chiropractors Act 1994.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) These Rules may be cited as the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) (Amendment and Repayment) Rules 2011 and come into force on 1st January 2012.

(2) In these Rules-

"the Registration Rules" means the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999(2),

"the registration year 2012" means the period of registration ending 31st December 2012 by virtue of rule 8(1)(b) of the Registration Rules;

"the relevant date" means the date on which these Rules come into force; and

"retention fee" has the meaning given it in rule 8 of the Registration Rules.

Amendments to the Registration Rules

2. In Schedule 2 (fees) of the Registration Rules-

(a)in paragraph 1(b), for "£1,250" substitute "£750";

(b)in paragraph 3(b), for "£1,000" substitute "£800";

(c)in paragraph 4(b), for "£1,250" substitute "£750";

(d)in paragraph 5(b), for "£1,250" substitute "£750".

Repayment of fees

3.-(1) A repayment of part of a relevant payment in accordance with this rule must be made by the Registrar no later than 31st December 2012.

(2) A "relevant payment" is a payment, in whole or in part, of a fee in relation to the registration year 2012 where the fee was prescribed in paragraphs 1(b), 3(b), 4(b) or 5(b) of Schedule 2 to the Registration Rules ("Schedule 2") before the relevant date.

(3) Where a relevant payment was made in full before the relevant date, the sum to be repaid is-

(a)£500 in the case of a fee which was prescribed in paragraph 1(b), 4(b) or 5(b) of Schedule 2 before the relevant date; or

(b)£200 in the case of a fee which was prescribed in paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 2 before the relevant date.

(4) Where a relevant payment made before the relevant date was not made in full, the sum to be repaid (if any) is the sum mentioned in paragraph (3)(a) or (b) (as the case may be) reduced by the amount by which the relevant payment fell short of the sum prescribed in paragraph 1(b), 3(b), 4(b) or 5(b) (as the case may be) of Schedule 2 before the relevant date.

Amendment of notices under rule 8 of the Registration Rules

4. Where a retention fee in respect of the registration year 2012 remains wholly or partly unpaid on the relevant date, the Registrar may amend a notification or notice served under rule 8(2) or (3) of the Registration Rules before the relevant date so that reference to the sum to be paid by way of retention fee is to the sum substituted by virtue of rule 2(b) of these Rules.

Given under the common seal of the General Chiropractic Council this 24th day of November 2011

Peter Dixon

Member

Judith Worthington

Member

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order approves Rules of the General Chiropractic Council (GCC) which amends the General Chiropractic Council (Registration) Rules 1999 ("the Registration Rules").

Rule 2(a) reduces the fee to be paid for an application for full registration under section 3(2)(a) of the Chiropractic Act 1994 ("the Act").

Rule 2(b) reduces the fee to be paid for the purposes of rule 8(2)(b) of the Registration Rules in respect of annual retention of registration.

Rule 2(c) reduces the fee to be paid for the purposes of section 6(5) of the Act in respect of restoration to the register of an unretained entry.

Rule 2(d) reduces the fee to be paid or the purposes of rule 10(2) of the Registration Rules in respect of restoration to the register of an entry struck off the register as the result of an order made by the Professional Conduct Committee under section 22(4)(d) of the Act.

Rule 3 requires the Registrar to repay fees paid in respect of the registration year ended 31st December 2012 to reflect the lower fees for that year substituted by rule 2.

Rule 4 makes provision allowing the Registrar to amend notices served under rule 8 of the Registration Rules in respect of the registration year ended 31st December 2012 so that they refer to the retention fee substituted by rule 2 rather than the fee prescribed before the coming into force of these Rules.