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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2CIPA as an approved regulator: regulatory arrangements

Part 5Interpretation

14.—(1) In this Schedule—

“patent attorney regulations” means regulations which apply to registered persons or regulated persons and which are made by CIPA acting in its capacity as an approved regulator under section 275A of the 1988 Act;

“registered person” means—

(a)

an individual who is entered on the register kept by CIPA under section 275 of the 1988 Act and in relation to whom CIPA is a relevant approved regulator within the meaning of section 20(4) of the 2007 Act; or

(b)

a CIPA-registered body;

“regulated person” means a person who is not a registered person but is a manager or employee of a body which is registered person.

(2) In relation to a CIPA-registered body, references in this Schedule to a manager or employee of the body include the Head of Legal Practice and the Head of Finance and Administration of that body.

(3) Regulations under this Schedule may—

(a)make provision generally or subject to exceptions or only in relation to specified cases;

(b)make different provision for different purposes.