Patents Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1) (Cth)

Patents Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1)

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 154

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations under thePatents Act 1990.

Dated 7 July 1999.

WILLIAM DEANE

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

WARREN ENTSCH

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry,

Science and Resources

for the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources

Patents Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1)1

Statutory Rules 1999 No. 1542

made under the

Patents Act 1990

   

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1Name of regulations

 These regulations are the Patents Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1).

2Commencement

 These regulations commence on gazettal.

3Amendment of Patents Regulations 1991

Schedule 1 amends the Patents Regulations 1991.

Schedule 1Amendment

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[1]Subregulation 20.9 (2)

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1. (2)

   A person is not eligible to sit for an examination conducted by the Board in topic group F, G or H of Schedule 5 unless the person has completed, or has been exempted from completing, topic groups A, B, C, D, E and I of Schedule 5.

2. (3)

   Despite subregulation (2), a person who has passed the subjects mentioned in items 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Schedule 5 (as in force immediately before 27 January 1999) is eligible to sit for an examination conducted by the Board in topic group E, F, G, H or I of Schedule 5.

Note   The subjects mentioned in items 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Schedule 5, as in force immediately before 27 January 1999, were:

Item	Subject
1	Legal Process
2	Patent Law of Australia and the Practice of the Patent Office
3	Trade Marks Law of Australia and the Practice of the Trade Marks Office
4	Designs Law and Related Intellectual Property Laws of Australia and the Practice of the Designs Office.

Notes

1. These regulations amend Statutory Rules 1991 No. 71, as amended by 1991 No. 456; 1992 No. 148; 1993 Nos. 113, 227, 340 and 341; 1994 Nos. 182, 317 and 387; 1995 Nos. 16, 20, 82 and 427; 1996 No. 271; 1997 Nos. 192 and 345; 1998 Nos. 45, 56, 141, 241, 257, 264, 291, 319, 342 and 345.

2. Made by the Governor-General on 7 July 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette