Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules revoke and replace the Trade Marks and Service Marks (Fees) Rules 1986. The fees payable on forms TM 2, TM 5, TM 6, TM 10, TM 30, and TM 32 and the renewal fee payable on form TM 11 are increased with effect from 26th May 1987. The fee for permission to search amongst the classified representations of trade marks and service marks is abolished as a statutory fee; it will in future be charged non-statutorily. It is estimated that the total amount of fees collected per annum at the new levels will be four per cent greater than the amount collected per annum at the existing levels. The last increase took effect on 26th May 1986, the Rules being revoked having effected no increase.