EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1986 NO. 259
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Science
The amendment will vary certain of the fees prescribed in Part I of the Second Schedule to the Patents Regulations with effect from 1 October 1985 and, with effect from 1 November 1986, certain of the general fees for international patent applications prescribed in Part II of the Second Schedule. The 1 November 1986 commencement date is to allow sufficient notice of the changes to be given to the World Intellectual Property Organization. Details of the amendment are as follows.
Regulation 1 provides that regulations 2, 3, 4 and 6 will come into operation on 1 October 1986 and that regulation 5 will come into operation on 1 November 1986.
Regulation 2 amends regulation 81B by increasing the non-refundable component of refunded fees for withdrawn applications from $10 to $60.
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 $400 to $430; and
(ii) where the provision of that information entails the conduct of a special search, from a minimum of $30 to a minimum of $35.
Regulation 4 substitutes a revised Part I of the Second Schedule. The items differ from existing items in the level of fees except for items 1, 3(a), 3(b), 6(a), 15(a) and 28 which remain unchanged. Items 13 and 19 are amended to provide for the reduction of the level of fees on
lodging more than one request or application to change the same name, or to make certain entries in the Register of Patents.
Regulation 5 substitutes a revised Part II of the Second Schedule. The amended items differ from the existing items only in the level of fees except for item 6 which remains unchanged.
Regulation 6 is a transitional provision which ensures that the amending regulations do not affect certain continuation and renewal fees paid before the commencement date or the sealing fee for a patent application which was accepted before the commencement date.