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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2001 No. 3951
DESIGNS
The Registered Designs (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2001
Made        -      -       -      - 8th December 2001
Laid before Parliament  10th December 2001
Coming into force        -      - 9th December 2001
The Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred upon her by sections 36, 40 and 44(1) of the
Registered Designs Act 1949 (1), of the power conferred upon her by the Department of Trade and
Industry (Fees) Order 1988 (2), and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, after consultation
with the Council on Tribunals pursuant to section 8(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992(3),
and with the consent of the Treasury pursuant to the said section 40, hereby makes the following
Rules:—
1.These Rules may be cited as the Registered Designs (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2001 and shall
come into force on 9th December 2001.
2.—(1)  The Schedule to the Registered Designs (Fees) Rules 1998 (4) shall be amended as set
out in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this rule.
(2)  For the words from “2A”, where it first appears in the first column of the Schedule, to “90”
in the third column of the Schedule there shall be substituted—
“2A On application to register one
design not falling within the
next item60
2A On application to register
one design intended to be
applied to, or incorporated in,
a product made substantially
of lace or, where the design35.”
(1)1949 c. 88 ; section 36(1A) of the 1949 Act was inserted by, and sections 36(1), 40 and 44(1) were amended by the Copyright,
Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48) , section 272 and Schedule 3, paragraphs 26, 30 and 31 and sections 36(1A) and 44(1)
of that Act were further amended by the Registered Designs Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3949 ), Schedule 1, paragraphs 11
and 14 and Schedule 2.
(2)S.I. 1988/93 ; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1990/1473 .
(3)1992 c. 53 .
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consists substantially of checks
or stripes, a textile product
(3)  For the words from “19A” in the first column of the Schedule to “50” the second time that it
appears in the third column of the Schedule there shall be substituted—
“19A On request by proprietor of
design to cancel registration—
 On application for cancellation
of the registration other than
by proprietor of the design or
for a declaration of invalidity50.”
8th December 2001Melanie Johnson,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for
Competition, Consumers and Markets
Department of Trade and Industry
We consent to the making of these Rules.
6th December 2001Nick Ainger
Anne McGuire
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her
Majesty’s Treasury
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules amend the Registered Designs (Fees) Rules 1998 (S.I. 1998/1777 ) consequent upon
amendments made to the Registered Designs Act 1949 ( 1949 c. 88)  and the Registered Designs
Rules 1995 (S.I. 1995/2912  as amended by S.I. 1999/3196 ) in order to implement Directive 98/71/
EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13th October 1998 on the legal protection of
designs (O.J. No. L289, 28.10.98, p. 28).
In particular:
(a)designs are presently registered in respect of a specified article or set of articles but in
future designs will be registered without such specification. These Rules therefore amend
the provisions for fees in respect of applications for registration of designs by omitting the
provision requiring a fee for an application for registration of a design to be applied to a set
of articles and by omitting references to designs applied to a single article in the remaining
such provisions. There is no change in the fees payable under these remaining provisions;
(b)in future, compulsory licences and licences of right will not be granted. These Rules
therefore omit the provisions for fees in respect of the grant of compulsory licences and
settlement of the terms of licences of right. They also amend the references to cancellation
of registration to correspond to amendments being made to the Registered Designs Rules
1995 in respect of cancellation. The fees payable in future for applications for cancellation
or invalidation of registration will be the same as the fees now payable for cancellation.
A regulatory impact assessment is available, copies of which have been placed in the libraries of
both Houses of Parliament. Copies of the assessment are also available from the Intellectual Property
Policy Directorate of the Patent Office, Room 3B38, Concept House, Cardiff Road, Newport NP10
8QQ.
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