Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1991 No. 71 PATENTS REGULATIONS - REG 22.2

22.2 (1) For the purposes of subsection 227 (1) of the Act ("fees"), there is
payable to the Commissioner in respect of a matter specified in column 2 of an
item of Part 1 or 2 in Schedule 7 a fee of the amount specified in column 3 of
that item.

(2) In order to ascertain the amount of a fee payable under item 29 of Part 2
in Schedule 7, the period from the day on which a notice of opposition to the
grant of an application for an extension of time is filed to the end of:

   (a)  if an application is made to the Tribunal for a review of a decision
        of the Commissioner-the day when the application is withdrawn or
        finally dealt with or determined; or

   (b)  in any other case-21 days after the end of the day on which the
        Commissioner decides the application; must not be taken into account.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph 89 (3) (b) of the Act ("modified application
of Act"):

   (a)  if a PCT application is treated as an application:

        (i)    for a petty patent-the amount of the fee specified in item 2 of
               Part 2 in Schedule 7; or

        (ii)   for a standard patent-the amounts of the fees specified in item
               3 of that Part; is, or are, payable in respect of the
               application; and

   (b)  the fees specified in item 2 or 3 of Part 2 in Schedule 7 is not
        payable in respect of a PCT application.

(4) Item 22 of Part 2 in Schedule 7 does not apply to a request for correction
that is made only because of an error or omission on the part of an employee.