Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(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.