- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person1
Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Any Person — also bound by 2684 other Acts
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
184 duties
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
144 duties
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
104 duties
Communications Act 2003
92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 duties
What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
s.art004
(1) The Comptroller shall give such directions as to the...
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Comptroller must direct the conduct of design right proceedingsTribunal / Court
s.art023
(1) Every person concerned in any proceedings to which these...
Regulated
- Provide UK address for service and translate non-English documentsAny Person
23 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001
Citation and commencement
s.art002
Interpretation
s.art003
Proceedings in respect of a dispute
s.art005
(1) Unless the Comptroller otherwise directs, all evidence in the...
s.art006
(1) Any party to the proceedings may appear in person...
s.art007
(1) A person who claims to have a substantial interest...
s.art008
A party (including a person made a party to the...
s.art009
After hearing the party or parties desiring to be heard,...
s.art010
Proceedings in respect of application to settle terms of licence of right or adjust terms of licence
s.art011
Rules 4, 5, 6 and 8 shall apply in respect...
s.art012
After hearing the party or parties desiring to be heard,...
s.art013
Settlement of terms where design right owner unknown
s.art014
Proceedings in respect of application by design right owner to vary terms of licence
s.art015
Rules 4, 5, 6 and 8 shall apply in respect...
s.art016
After hearing the party or parties desiring to be heard,...
s.art017
General
s.art018
(1) Any statutory declaration or affidavit filed in any proceedings...
s.art018
Any witness statement filed under these Rules shall—
s.art019
The Comptroller may appoint an adviser to assist him in...
s.art020
(1) The times or periods prescribed by these Rules for...
s.art021
For the purposes of these Rules the Patent Office shall...
s.art022
(1) The Comptroller may, in respect of any proceedings, by...
s.art024
The fees specified in Schedule 2 shall be payable in...
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.