{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/register-of-patent-agents-rules-1990/article-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/register-of-patent-agents-rules-1990/article-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1457",
  "legislation_title": "The Register of Patent Agents Rules 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/register-of-patent-agents-rules-1990",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Fees",
  "text": "(1) The Institute may, by regulations made by it with the approval of the Comptroller, prescribe the fees to be paid by–\n(a) every candidate for any examinations (or part or parts thereof) held in accordance with regulations made under rule 8 above,\n(b) every person for the registration of his name,\n(c) every registered patent agent as an annual practice fee,\n(d) a registered patent agent requesting an amendment of the register under rule 11 above,\nand any such regulations may provide for the remission or refund of any fees in such circumstances as may be prescribed thereunder.\n(2) When prescribing any fees for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) above the Institute shall, as far as practicable, secure that the income therefrom does not exceed the expenditure properly incurred in administering any examinations, taking one year with another.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/3348",
      "affecting_title": "The Legal Services Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1457/article/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:14:52.195279+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}