The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) Rules Order of Council 2004

• Citation: S.I. 2004/1654
• Sections: 4

Section 1

These Rules may be cited as the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) Rules 2004 and shall come into force on 1st August 2004.

Section 2

In these Rules—

“ recordable qualification ” means a qualification which is not a registrable qualification and which—

meets the standards set by the Council; or

is obtained outside the United Kingdom and which the Council is satisfied is equivalent to a qualification of the type referred to in paragraph (a);

“ registrable qualification ” means a qualification leading to admission to a part of the register; and

“ the Order ” means the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001.

Section 3

The fee to be paid in support of an application , an evaluation or a retention described in Column (2) of the table below shall be the fee specified in Column (3) opposite it—

Section 4 Fee for retention of registration

(1) In respect of any registration period beginning on or after 1st January 2006, the registrant shall, except as provided for in paragraph (2), pay a fee for retention of registration (as prescribed in rule 3(i)) which shall be due—

(a) where the registration period is a first registration period (determined in accordance with rule 10 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Education, Registration and Registration Appeals) Rules 2004), on the first and second anniversary of the last day of the month of registration; and

(b) where the registration period is subsequent to a first registration period (determined in accordance with rule 10 of those Rules), on the first and second anniversary of the day on which her previous registration period ended.

(2) Where a registrant’s registration period ends on 31st December 2005 a fee for retention of registration will not be due during the registration period ending 31st December 2008.