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PATENTS REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 22.2G

Failure to pay: hearing fees

  (1)   Subregulation (2) applies if:

  (a)   the fee mentioned in item   2 30 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 making the request to pay the fee within 1 month after the date of the invitation or before the date of the hearing, whichever is earlier; and

  (c)   the fee is not paid within the earlier of the periods mentioned in paragraph   ( b).

  (2)   The request is taken not to have been made.

  (3)   A hearing cannot be held if the fee mentioned in item   2 30 of Schedule   7 has not been paid for the hearing.

  (4)   A person cannot appear and be heard at an oral hearing if the fee mentioned in paragraph   231(a) of Schedule   7 has not been paid for the person.

  (5)   A person is not entitled to a hearing on the basis of written submissions if the fee mentioned in item   2 31A of Schedule   7 has not been paid.


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