The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Charters Amendment) Act 2003

Amendment of Paragraph 16 of the Charter of 1844.

11.— The Charter of 1844 shall be read and construed as if the following words were deleted therefrom where the same appear at Paragraph 16 thereof that is to say the words:

“AND We do hereby further for us, our heirs and successors, ordain, direct and appoint that, except as hereinbefore mentioned, no person shall become or be admitted a Fellow of the said College until after he shall have attained the age of twentyfive years and shall also have gone through such extended course of studies, and have complied with such other rules and regulations and conditions as the Council of the said College shall from time to time consider expedient and direct, nor unless he shall have passed such special examination by the Examiners of the said College as the Council shall, from time to time, think fit and direct that candidates for a Fellowship of said College shall undergo; but every fit and proper person, having attained such age and gone through such extended course of studies, and complied with such rules and regulations and conditions, and passed such special examination, shall be admissible as a Fellow of the said College in the manner hereinafter specified.”

and as if the following words were deleted therefrom where the same appear at the Proviso to the said Paragraph 16 that is to say the words:

“PROVIDED ALWAYS, and our will and pleasure is that every person so admitted”

and as if in substitution for the words so deleted the words:

“Our will and pleasure is that every person admitted”

were inserted.