Revenue, Friendly Societies, and National Debt Act 1882

16 The stamp duties granted in respect of letters patent for inventions, and on the certificate of registration of a design to he deemed public office fees, and not stamp duties

From and after the passing of this Act the Public Offices Fees Act, 1879, shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary therein contained, apply and be deemed to have been applicable as from the first day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, to the stamp duties granted to Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, by an Act passed in the session holden in the sixteenth and seventeenth years of the reign of Her Majesty, intituled " An " [16 & 17 Vict. c. 58.] Act to substitute stamp duties for fees on passing letters patent " for inventions, and to provide for the purchase for the public " use of certain indexes of specifications," and also to the stamp duty of five pounds on the " certificate of registration of a design " granted to Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, by the Stamp Act, 1870, and the said duties shall be deemed to be, and to have been as from the said first day of April, fees payable in a public office and not stamp duties.