EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1990 NO. 119
Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Industry, Technology and Commerce
The Statutory Rules amends Schedule 2 to the Patents Regulations to prescribe a new fee of $10 for making a request under section 30 of the Patents Act 1952 for a computer printout of information about a patent or a patent application. Minor consequential amendment of fee item 30 is also made. Details of the amendment are as follows:
Schedule 2 to the Patents Regulations is amended by omitting existing fee item 30 and substituting new fee items 30 and 30A.
New fee item 30 prescribes the fee of $45 for lodging a request for information under section 30 of the Act, other than information that entails a search of the kind referred to in subregulation 87(2) or (3), or a request referred to in item 30A, for each application, patent or document.
New fee item 30A prescribes the fee of $10 for making a request for a computer printout of information under section 30 of the Act about a patent or a patent application.