Designs Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

 

Statutory Rules 1991 No. 4551

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Designs Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Designs Act 1906.

Dated 12 December 1991.

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Science and Technology

1. Amendment

1.1 The Designs Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

[NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48]

 

2. Regulation 3 (Interpretation)

2.1 Definition of “Patent Attorney”:

Omit the definition, substitute:

“ ‘patent attorney’ means a person registered as a patent attorney under section 198 of the Patents Act 1990;”.

2.2 Add at the end:

“(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, if a notice is given to a person by the Registrar or the Designs Office, the notice is taken to have been given to the person on the day on which the notice is dated by the Registrar or the Office.”.

3. Regulation 17 (Application for hearing)

3.1 Subregulation 17 (1a):

Omit “after receiving the further notice”, substitute “after the notice is given to the applicant”.

3.2 Subregulation 17 (2):

Omit “sub-regulation (1)”, substitute “subregulation (1) or (1a)”.

3.3 Subregulation 17 (2):

Omit “he”, substitute “the applicant”.

3.4 Subregulation 17 (4):

Omit “sub-regulation (1)”, substitute “subregulation (1) or (1a)”.

3.5 Subregulation 17 (4):

Omit “him”, substitute “the applicant”.

3.6 Subregulation 17 (4):

Omit “he decides”, substitute “deciding”.

3.7 Paragraph 17 (4) (a):

Omit “he”, substitute “the Registrar”.

 

4. Schedule 2a (Convention countries)

4.1 Omit the Schedule, substitute:

SCHEDULE 2a Subregulation 7A (1)

CONVENTION COUNTRIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ACT

Algeria	Iraq
Argentina	Ireland
Austria	Israel
Bahamas	Italy
Bangladesh	Japan
Barbados	Jordan
Belgium	Kenya
Benin	Korea, Democratic People’s
Brazil	Republic of
Bulgaria	Korea, Republic of
Burkina Faso	Lebanon
Burundi	Lesotho
Cameroon	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Canada	Liechtenstein
Central African Republic	Luxembourg
Chad	Madagascar
Chile	Malawi
China	Malaysia
Congo	Mall
Côte d’Ivoire	Malta
Cuba	Mauritania
Cyprus	Mauritius
Czechoslovakia	Mexico
Denmark (including Faroe Islands)	Monaco
Dominican Republic	Mongolia
Egypt	Morocco
Finland	Netherlands (Including the Netherlands
France (Including all Overseas	Antilles and Aruba)
Departments and Territories)	New Zealand (excluding the Cook
Gabon	Islands, Niue and Tokelau)
Germany	Niger
Ghana	Nigeria
Greece	Norway
Guinea	Philippines
Guinea-Bissau	Poland
Haiti	Portugal
Holy See	Romania
Hungary	Rwanda
Iceland	San Marino
Indonesia	Senegal
Iran, Islamic Republic of	South Africa

 

Soviet Union	United Kingdom (including Hong Kong
Spain	and the Isle of Man)
Sri Lanka	United Republic of Tanzania
Sudan	United States of America (including all
Suriname	territories and possessions,
Swaziland	including the Commonwealth of
Sweden	Puerto Rico)
Switzerland	Uruguay
Syrian Arab Republic	Viet Nam
Togo	Yugoslavia
Trinidad and Tobago	Zaire
Tunisia	Zambia
Turkey	Zimbabwe
Uganda

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 December 1991.

2. Statutory Rules 1982 No. 72 as amended by 1984 No. 256; 1986 No. 263; 1988 No. 103; 1989 Nos. 95 and 313; 1990 Nos. 29, 239 and 240; 1991 No. 65.