# The Registered Designs (Fees) Rules 2016, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules revoke and replace the Registered Designs (Fees) (No. 2) Rules 2006 and prescribe the fees payable in respect of matters arising under the Registered Designs Act 1949 (c.88).
These Rules prescribe the new fees payable to reflect the reduction in costs of registration of designs when an application is made electronically. The Rules also reduce the fees charged for renewal of designs and makes minor reductions to other fees under the registered designs service. Although it reduces the majority of the fees charged in relation to the registered designs service, the instrument imposes an above-inflation increase in the fee for issuing a certified copy of an entry or extract from the official register of designs. The increase is 36% (£8), while Consumer Price Inflation for the period from October 2006 (the date of the last revision of these fees) rose by 25%.
An impact assessment had been prepared and copies are available from the Intellectual Property Office, Concept House, Cardiff Road, Newport NP10 8QQ and is available with the explanatory memorandum alongside this instrument on the Legislation UK website at www.legislation.gov.uk. Copies have also been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/889/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-fees-rules-2016/note
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