Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 1654
HEALTH CARE AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS
NURSES AND MIDWIVES
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) Rules Order of Council 2004
Made
9th June 2004
Laid before Parliament
1st July 2004
Coming into force
1st August 2004
At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 9th day of June 2004
By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council
Whereas in exercise of the powers conferred on it by articles 7(1), 7(2), 33(7)(a) and 47(2) of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 , and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, the Nursing and Midwifery Council has made the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) Rules 2004 as set out in the Schedule to this Order:
And whereas by articles 47(1) and 48 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001 such Rules shall not come into force until approved by order of the Privy Council:
Now, therefore, Their Lordships, having taken the Rules into consideration, are pleased to, and do hereby, approve them.
This Order may be cited as the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) Rules Order of Council 2004 and shall come into force on 1st August 2004.
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council
SCHEDULE THE NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL (FEES) RULES 2004
The Nursing and Midwifery Council in exercise of its powers under articles 7(1), 7(2), 33(7)(a) and 47(2) of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001(a) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf and following consultation in accordance with articles 7(3) and 47(3) of that Order hereby makes the following Rules:
1. These Rules may be cited as the Nursing and Midwifery Council (Fees) Rules 2004 and shall come into force on 1st August 2004.
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.
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—
| Column (1) | Column (2) | Column (3) |
| (a) | an application for registration where the applicant is relying on article 13(1)(a) or (dd) or article 13A of the Order | £120 |
| (b) | an application for registration where the applicant is relying on article 13(1)(d) of the Order | £153 |
| (c) | an evaluation of the information where the applicant for registration is relying on article 13(1) ... (d) or (dd) of the Order | £140 |
| (d) | . . . | . . . |
| (e) | an application for renewal of registration at the end of a registration period | £120 |
| (f) | an application for readmission or restoration to the register | £120 |
| (g) | an application in connection with entering on the register a registrable qualification made separately from an application mentioned in (a), (b), (e) or (f) above | £23 |
| (h) | an application for entering on the register a recordable qualification | £25 |
| (i) | a retention of registration | £120 |
Fee for retention of registration
4.—(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.
Given under the official seal of the Nursing and Midwifery Council on 3rd June 2004.
L.S.
Jonathan Asbridge
Sarah Thewlis
PresidentChief Executive and Registrar