sec.17Annual fee

sec.17 Annual fee

Save where exemption from payment thereof is provided for by the regulations, every veterinary surgeon shall pay to the registrar the prescribed annual fee and every veterinary surgeon who is a veterinary specialist shall pay to the registrar such additional annual fee as is prescribed. Such annual fee (including in the case of a veterinary specialist the additional annual fee prescribed) shall be paid to the registrar by the veterinary surgeon concerned before 31 January in each year. If a veterinary surgeon does not pay the prescribed annual fee before the time prescribed by subsection (2) , the board may remove the veterinary surgeon’s name from the register of veterinary surgeons. If a veterinary specialist does not pay the prescribed additional annual fee before the time prescribed by subsection (2) , the board may remove the veterinary specialist’s name from the register of veterinary specialists. If the name of any person is removed from a register under this section, the board may restore the person’s name to that register on receiving payment of the fees prescribed under a regulation. In this section— veterinary surgeon does not include a veterinary practitioner. s 17 amd 1973 No. 86 s 10 ; 1986 No. 6 s 17 ; 2006 No. 48 s 39 ; 2013 No. 41 s 85 (sec.17-ssec.1) Save where exemption from payment thereof is provided for by the regulations, every veterinary surgeon shall pay to the registrar the prescribed annual fee and every veterinary surgeon who is a veterinary specialist shall pay to the registrar such additional annual fee as is prescribed. (sec.17-ssec.2) Such annual fee (including in the case of a veterinary specialist the additional annual fee prescribed) shall be paid to the registrar by the veterinary surgeon concerned before 31 January in each year. (sec.17-ssec.3) If a veterinary surgeon does not pay the prescribed annual fee before the time prescribed by subsection (2) , the board may remove the veterinary surgeon’s name from the register of veterinary surgeons. (sec.17-ssec.4) If a veterinary specialist does not pay the prescribed additional annual fee before the time prescribed by subsection (2) , the board may remove the veterinary specialist’s name from the register of veterinary specialists. (sec.17-ssec.5) If the name of any person is removed from a register under this section, the board may restore the person’s name to that register on receiving payment of the fees prescribed under a regulation. (sec.17-ssec.6) In this section— veterinary surgeon does not include a veterinary practitioner.