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The said regulations are hereby approved.
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This order may be cited as the General Medical Council (Registration (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations) Order of Council 1997.
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE
The General Medical Council in exercise of their powers under section 32 of the Medical Act 1983 hereby make the following Regulations:

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(1) These regulations may be cited as the Medical Practitioners Registration (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1 August 1997.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Medical Practitioners Registration (Fees) Regulations 1985.
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In regulation 5 of the principal Regulations, in paragraphs (1) and (2), for the words “regulation 8 or 9” substitute “regulation 8”.
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Regulation 9 of the principal Regulations is hereby revoked.
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Where, before 1 August 1997, a person has applied for exemption from payment of annual retention fees pursuant to regulation 9 of the principal Regulations, but that application has not been determined before that date, his application shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of that regulation as though it remained in force.
Given under the official seal of the General Medical Council this
Donald Irvine
President
21st day of May, nineteen hundred and ninety-seven.