Osteopaths Act 1993

6 Registration: supplemental provision. U.K.

(1) The register shall show, in relation to each registered osteopath—

(a) whether he is registered with full, conditional [F1 [F2 or provisional] registration] ; and

(b) the address at which he has his practice or principal practice or, if he is not practising, such address as may be prescribed.

(2) [F3 [F4 The] General Council] may make rules in connection with registration and the register and as to the payment of fees.

(3) The rules may, in particular, make provision as to—

(a) the form and keeping of the register;

(b) the form and manner in which applications for registration are to be made;

(c) the documentary and other evidence which is to accompany applications for registration;

(d) the manner in which the Registrar is to satisfy himself as to the good character and competence of any person applying for registration and the procedure for so doing;

(e) the manner in which the Registrar is to satisfy himself as to the physical and mental health of any person applying for registration and the procedure for so doing;

(f) the description of persons from whom references are to be provided for persons applying for registration;

(g) in the case of an application for conditional registration, the conditions or kinds of condition which may be imposed on the osteopath concerned;

(h) the making, periodic renewal and removal of entries in the register;

(i) the giving of reasons for any removal of, or refusal to renew, an entry in the register;

(j) any failure on the part of a registered osteopath to comply with any conditions subject to which his registration has effect, including provision for the Registrar to refuse to renew his registration or for the removal of his name from the register;

(k) the issue and form of certificates;

(l) the content, assessment and conduct of any test of competence imposed under section 4;

(m) the meaning of “principal practice” for the purposes of subsection (1).

(4) The rules may, in particular, also make provision—

(a) prescribing the fee to be charged for making an entry in the register or restoring such an entry;

(b) prescribing the fee to be charged in respect of the retention in the register of any entry in any year following the year in which the entry was first made;

(c) providing for the entry in the register of qualifications (whether or not they are recognised qualifications) possessed by registered osteopaths and the removal of such an entry;

(d) prescribing the fee to be charged in respect of the making or removal of any entry of a kind mentioned in paragraph (c);

(e) authorising the Registrar—

(i) to refuse to make an entry in the register, or restore such an entry, until the prescribed fee has been paid;

(ii) to remove from the register any entry relating to a person who, after the prescribed notice has been given, fails to pay the fee prescribed in respect of the retention of the entry.

F5 (4A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F6 (4B) Subsections (2) to (4) are subject to subsection (4C) and section 6A.

(4C) Any fee prescribed in connection with the making of an entry in the register relating to a specified state professional must be—

(a) reasonable and proportionate to the cost of dealing with such a person’s application;

(b) transparent, and made public in advance; and

(c) payable by electronic means through the General Council’s website.]

(5) A person who has failed to renew his registration as an osteopath shall be entitled to have his entry restored to the register on payment F7 ... of the prescribed fee.

F8 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 6(1)(a) substituted (3.12.2007) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3101), regs. 1(2), 208(a)

F2 Words in s. 6(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 4(a) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 6 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 14); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in s. 6(2) substituted (3.12.2007) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3101), regs. 1(2), 208(b)

F4 Word in s. 6(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 4(b) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 6 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 14); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 S. 6(4A) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 4(c) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 6 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 14); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 S. 6(4B)(4C) inserted (1.12.2023) by The Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Implementation of International Recognition Agreements (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1286), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 44

F7 Words in s. 6(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 4(d) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 6 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 14); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F8 S. 6(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/593), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 4(e) (with reg. 12A, Sch. 6 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1394, regs. 4, 14); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 6 wholly in force at 9.5.1998; s. 6 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 42(2)(4)(5); s. 6(2)(3)(b)-(l)(4)(a) in force at 1.4.1998 by S.I. 1998/872, art. 2(1)(c); s. 6 in force at 9.5.1998 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 1998/1138, art. 2(b)