Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 1131
The Registered Designs (Fees) Rules 1989
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1989 No. 1131
DESIGNS
The Registered Designs (Fees) Rules 1989
| Laid before Parliament | 10th July 1989 |
| Coming into force | 1st August 1989 |
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], after consultation with the Council on Tribunals pursuant to section 10(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971[2] 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 1989 and shall come into force on 1st August 1989.
(2) The Registered Designs (Fees) Rules 1988[3] are hereby revoked.
2. These Rules shall be construed as one with the Registered Designs Rules 1989[4].
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 the said Registered Designs Rules 1989 shall be accompanied by the fee specified in respect of that matter.
Eric Forth
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry
27th June 1989
We consent to the making of these Rules.
David Maclean
Stephen Dorrell
Two of the Lords Commissionersof Her Majesty's Treasury
4th July 1989
Notes:[1] 1949 c. 88; sections 36 and 40 of the Registered Designs Act 1949 were amended by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48), Schedule 3, paragraphs 26 and 30.
[2] 1971 c. 62.
[3] S.I. 1988/856, amended by S.I. 1988/2088.
[4] S.I. 1989/1105.
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