Section 281(2)

The Secretary of State may make rules authorising the comptroller to refuse to recognise as agent in respect of any business to which this section applies— a person who has been convicted of an offence under section 88 of the Patents Act 1949, section 114 of the Patents Act 1977 or section 276 of this Act; a person whose name has been erased from and not restored to, or who is suspended from, the register of patent attorneys on the ground of misconduct; a person who is found by the Secretary of State to have been guilty of such conduct as would, in the case of a person registered in the register of patent attorneys, render the person liable to have the person's name erased from the register on the ground of misconduct; a partnership or body corporate of which one of the partners or directors is a person whom the comptroller could refuse to recognise under paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04