Designs Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1992

No. 445 1

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Designs Regulations 2(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 17 December 1992.

 BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

 By His Excellency’s Command,

ROSS FREE

Minister of State for Science and Technology

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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 29 (Protection and compensation of certain persons)

2.1

 Subregulation 29 (3):

Omit the subregulation, substitute:

“(3)

An application under subregulation (2) must be in accordance with Form 9.”.

3.   New regulation 29AA

3.1   After regulation 29, insert:

Protection and compensation of certain other persons

 “29AA. (1) For the purposes of subsection 18 (3) of the Act, the following provisions of this regulation are prescribed.

“(2)

A person to whom subsection 18 (3) of the Act applies may apply to the Registrar for a licence to do an act that would, but for the operation of this regulation, infringe, or be taken to infringe, the monopoly in a registered design:

• (a)

  in respect of an article or part of an article that is of indefinite extent in one or 2 dimensions; and

• (b)

  to which that subsection refers.

“(3)

An application under subregulation (2) must be in accordance with Form 9.

“(4)

A copy of an application must be given by the applicant to the person registered as the owner of the design and, at the direction of the Registrar, to another person.”.

4.   Regulation 29A (Opposition to claim)

4.1   Subregulation 29A (1):

After “subregulation 29 (2)”, insert “or 29AA (2)”.

4.2   Subregulation 29A (3):

Omit “for a licence under subregulation 29 (2)”.

8.  3  Schedule 1 (Forms)

8.1   Form 9:

Omit the heading, substitute:

 “FORM 9 Subregulations 29 (3) and 29AA (3)

 

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

 

DESIGNS REGULATIONS

 

APPLICATION FOR LICENCE”.

8.2   Form 9:

Omit “subregulation 29 (2)”, insert “subregulation *29 (2)/*29AA (2)”.

8.3   Form 9:

Omit “regulation 29”, substitute “regulation 29B”.

9.   Schedule 2 (Fees)

9.1   Item 8:

After “subregulation 29 (2)”, insert “or 29AA (2)”.

 

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 December 1992.

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 Nos. 65 and 455; 1992 No. 149.

3. This Statutory Rule has no regulation 5, 6 or 7.