
1 
These Rules may be cited as the Designs (Amendment) Rules 1988 and shall come into force on 1st January 1989.
2 

(1) For rule 51 of the Designs Rules 1984 there shall be substituted the following–“
51 
Upon request made on Form Designs No. 23 and payment of the appropriate fee—
(a) the Registrar shall supply a certified copy of an entry in the Register or a certified extract from the Register; and
(b) the Registrar may supply—
(i) a certified copy of any representation, specimen or document kept in the Patent Office or a certified extract from any such document; or
(ii) a certificate for the purposes of section 17(9).
51A 
Upon request and payment of the appropriate fee–
(a) the Registrar shall supply an uncertified copy of an entry in the Register or an uncertified extract from the Register; and
(b) the Registrar may supply an uncertified copy of any representation or document kept in the Patent Office or an uncertified extract from any such document.”.
(2) There shall be substituted for Form Designs No.23 as set out in Schedule 2 to the Designs Rules 1984 the form set out in the Schedule hereto.
(3) The Schedule to the Registered Designs (Fees) Rules 1988 shall be amended as follows—
(a) for item 19 there shall be substituted the following–“
19 
On request for certificate of the Registrar—

(a) sealed and attached to document 7 Designs No. 23

(b) by impression by document 3 Designs No. 23”;
(b) for item 25 there shall be substituted the following—“

25 
On request for uncertified copy or extract under Rule 51A 2 —.”
Eric Forth
Department of Trade and Industry
29th November 1988We consent to the making of these Rules.
David Maclean
Kenneth Carlisle
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
29th November 1988
SCHEDULE
Rule 2(2)
