Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00944:reg:6:p70
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00944
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 70/73)
Character Range: 327516–330163

mentioned in item 235 of that table for the request for expedited dispatch is paid.

22.2I  Failure to pay: acceptance fee
 (1) This regulation applies if:
 (a) a fee for acceptance mentioned in item 213 of Schedule 7 is not paid when it is payable; and
 (b) within 1 month after the fee is payable, the Commissioner invites the person by whom the fee is payable to pay the fee within 3 months after the date that the notice of the acceptance is published under paragraph 49(5)(b) of the Act; and
 (c) the fee is not paid within the 3 month period.
 (2) The application lapses.

22.3  General fees for international applications
 (1) If:
 (a) for the purposes of the PCT, the Patent Office is:
 (i) a receiving Office; or
 (ii) an International Searching Authority; or
 (iii) an International Preliminary Examining Authority; and
 (b) the Commissioner or the Patent Office is empowered by the PCT to charge a fee, other than a fee for the benefit of the International Bureau;
for the purposes of subsection 227(1) of the Act, the amount of the fee payable to the Commissioner in respect of a matter specified in an item of Part 3 in Schedule 7 is the amount specified in that item.
 (2) The fee specified in item 302 of Schedule 7 is payable to the Commissioner within 1 month of filing an international application.
 (3) The fee specified in item 304 in Schedule 7 is payable to the Commissioner on filing a demand for a preliminary examination under Article 31 of the PCT.

22.4  Fees for international applications payable for the benefit of the International Bureau
 (1) If, for the purposes of the PCT, the Patent Office is:
 (a) a receiving Office; or
 (b) an International Searching Authority; or
 (c) an International Preliminary Examining Authority;
for an international application, the amounts of the international filing fee and handling fee (payable, under the PCT, to the Commissioner for the benefit of the International Bureau) for the application are as set out in Part 4 of Schedule 7.
 (2) The Commissioner must, in accordance with the PCT, determine the currency in which a fee payable under this regulation is payable and the exchange rate between Swiss currency and the currency so determined.
 (3) The Commissioner must give notice of a determination in the Official Journal.
 (4) A determination has effect on the date specified in the determination for that purpose or on the date of notification of the determination in the Official Journal, whichever is later.

22.5  PCT Fund
  Money paid as a fee to the Commissioner under subregulation 22.4(1):
 (a) must be paid into a special account established under section 78 of