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(1) This Order may be cited as the Veterinary Surgeons (Recognition of University Degree) (Harper and Keele) Order of Council 2025.
(2) This Order comes into force on 5th November 2025.
(3) This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Anyone on whom Harper Adams University and the University of Keele jointly confer the degree of Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (BVetMS) is qualified to be a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and is, on application in the manner and on payment of the fee prescribed by regulations of the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons made under section 11 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, entitled to be registered in the Register of Veterinary Surgeons and on so being registered becomes a member of that College.
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council
