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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules revoke the Registered Design (Fees) (No. 2) Rules 1995.

They also modify a number of fees as follows:

(a)

the additional fee for extensions of time not exceeding one month is reduced from £24 to no fee (Form 9A);

(b)

the fee for entries concerning change of proprietorship, mortgagee or licensee (Form 12A) is reduced from £50 to no fee;

(c)

the fee for inspection of the register in person and a request for information are both reduced from £5 to no fee.

A compliance cost assessment is available, copies of which have been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament. Copies are available also from the Legal Division, Patents and Designs Directorate, the Patent Office, Newport, Gwent, NP9 1RH.