The Registered Designs (Fees) Rules 1991

Statutory Instruments

1991 No. 1628

DESIGNS

The Registered Designs (Fees) Rules 1991

Made

16th July 1991

Laid before Parliament

18th July 1991

Coming into force

12th August 1991

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 36, 40 and 44(1) of the Registered Designs Act 1949(1), of the power conferred upon him by the Department of Trade and Industry (Fees) Order 1988(2), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with the Council on Tribunals pursuant to section 10(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971(3) and with the consent of the Treasury pursuant to the said section 40, hereby makes the following Rules:–

1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Registered Designs (Fees) Rules 1991 and shall come into force on 12th August 1991.

(2) The Registered Designs (Fees) Rules 1990(4) are hereby revoked.

2.  These Rules shall be construed as one with the Registered Designs Rules 1989(5).

3.  The fees to be paid in respect of any matters arising under the Registered Designs Act 1949 shall be those specified in the Schedule to these Rules; and in any case where a form specified in the Schedule as the corresponding form in relation to any matter is required by the Registered Designs Rules 1989 to be used, that form or any alternative form accepted by the registrar under rule 4(2) of those Rules shall be accompanied by the fee, if any, specified in respect of that matter.

Reay

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of Trade and Industry

15th July 1991

We consent to the making of these Rules.

Irvine Patnick

Nicholas Baker

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

16th July 1991

Rule 3

SCHEDULE FEES PAYABLE

(In this Schedule references to a section are to that section of the Registered Designs Act 1949 and references to a rule are to that rule in the Registered Designs Rules 1989.)

Number of corresponding Designs Form	Item	Amount
		£
1A	Appointment or change of agent	—
2A	On application to register one design to be applied to a single article not falling within the next item	54
2A	On application to register one design to be applied to a single article made substantially of lace or a design consisting substantially of checks or stripes to be applied to a single textile article	32
2A	On application to register one design to be applied to a set of articles	81
6	On application for a copy of certificate of registration of a design	20
7	On request to the registrar for statement of grounds of decision under rule 31	65
8	On request for extension of time to complete an application for the registration of a design:–
	By one month	16
	By two months	32
	By three months	48
9A	On application to extend period of protection:–
	for second period	118
	for third period	190
9A	Additional fee payable under section 8in respect of extra time for making application for extension of period of protection:–
	Additional time not exceeding one month	16
	Each succeeding month (not exceeding six months)	16
12A	On application under rule 42 to enter subsequent proprietorship, etc and on application under rule 45 by mortgagee or licensee for entry that he no longer claims to be such:–
	One design and any additional design similarly affected–	50
16	On application to record alteration of name–	—
18	On request under section 21 for correction of error:–
	One design and any additional design – same error –	50
19	On request by proprietor of design to cancel registration	—
20	On request for information under section 23 on supply of registration number	—
21	On request for search when registration number is not supplied	25
23	On request for certificate of the registrar:–
	Sealed and attached to document	20
	By impression on document	15
25A	On application for grant of a compulsory licence under section 10 or for cancellation of the registration under section 11(2) or (3)	—
28	On notification of order of the court	–
29	On application for restoration of a lapsed right in a design	108
30	On provision of fee for restoration of a registered design	108
31	On application for settlement of the terms of a licence of right	—
	Inspection in person without provision of copy of register or design where inspection is permitted other than inspection under section 22(2)–	—
	On request for uncertified copy or extract under rule 73:–
	In respect of each design	3

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules revoke and replace the Registered Designs (Fees) Rules 1990. As a result of rationalisation of the general fee structure, fees in respect of some matters have been abolished and in respect of other matters have been increased with effect from 12th August 1991. It is estimated that the total amount of fees collected per annum at the new levels will be 7½ per cent greater than the amount collected per annum at existing levels.

(1)

1949 c. 88; sections 36and 40 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 were amended by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48), section 272 and Schedule 3, paragraphs 26 and 30.

(2)

S.I. 1988/93, as amended by S.I. 1990/1473, which was made under section 102 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51). The relevant provisions of that Order are article 6 and Part III of Schedule 1.

(3)

1971 c. 62.

(4)

S.I. 1990/1698.

(5)

S.I. 1989/1105.