Patents Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1981 No. 3721

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Patents Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Patents Act 1952.

Dated 21 December 1981.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

DAVID THOMSON

Minister of State for Science and Technology

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Commencement

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 1982.

Second Schedule

2. The Second Schedule to the Patents Regulations is amended by omitting Part III and substituting the following part:

PART III—FEES FOR INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS PAYABLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Matter	Fee
1	Basic fee under Rule 15.2(a) of the Treaty— (a) if the international application contains not more than 30 sheets......	527 Swiss francs
	(b) if the international application contains more than 30 sheets............	527 Swiss francs plus 11 Swiss francs for each sheet in excess of 30 sheets
2	Designation fee under Rule 15.2(a) of the Treaty................................	127 Swiss francs
3	Handling fee under Rule 57.2(a) of the Treaty....................................	162 Swiss francs.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 December 1981.

2. Statutory Rules 1962 No. 2 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1981 No. 1 and see also