Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 1628
The Registered Designs (Fees) Rules 1991
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1991 No. 1628
DESIGNS
The Registered Designs (Fees) Rules 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
Notes:[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.
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