EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1989 NO. 93
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Science; Customs and Small Business
The Statutory Rules vary certain of the fees prescribed in Parts I and II of Schedule 2 to the Patents Regulations with effect from 1 July 1989. Details of the amendment are as follows:
Regulation 1 provides that the regulations will come into operation on 1 July 1989.
Regulation 2 amends regulation 81B by increasing the non-refundable component of refunded fees for withdrawn patent applications from $65 to $70.
Regulation 3 amends regulation 87 by increasing the fees prescribed for the furnishing of information under section 30 of the Act:
(i) where the provision of that information entails an international-type search, from $490 to $530; and
(ii) where the provision of that information entails the conduct of a special search, from a minimum of $40 to a minimum of $45.
Regulation 4 substitutes a revised Part I and Part II of Schedule 2. The revised Part I of the schedule includes new provisions for the reduction of the fee level for supplying at the same time more than one of the same certificate (item 29(b)). A number of minor drafting changes are also incorporated into the revised Parts I and II of the schedule. Otherwise, items differ from existing items in the level of fees except for item 32(a) of Part I of the schedule which remains unchanged.
Regulation 5 is a transitional provision.