(1) To remain on the Register of Patent Attorneys, a registered patent attorney must, for every year of registration:
(a) pay the annual registration fee set out in item 105 or 106 of Schedule 7; and
(b) provide evidence that he or she has undertaken continuing professional education, as required by regulation 20.24.
(2) Paragraph (1)(b) applies to a registered patent attorney who seeks to remain on the Register of Patent Attorneys for the 12 months commencing on 1 July 2009 and for each subsequent period of 12 months.