Trade Marks Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1994

No. 318 1

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Trade Marks 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 Trade Marks Act 1955.

Dated 30 August 1994.

 BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

C. SCHACHT

Minister for Small Business, Customs and Construction

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1.    Commencement

1.1   These Regulations commence on 1 October 1994.

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Trade Marks Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   Regulation 4 (Fees)

3.1   Subregulation 4 (3):

Omit “Item 4”, substitute “Item 3”.

4.   New regulations 7A and 7B

4.1   After regulation 7, insert:

Request for expedited examination

“7A.

(1) A person who applies, or has applied, for the registration of a trade mark may request the Registrar to expedite the examination of the application under section 41 of the Act.

“(2)

A request must:

• (a)

  be made in writing; and

• (b)

  state the reasons for making the request.

“(3)

Where a request is duly made, the Registrar must decide whether to grant or refuse the request.

Expedited examination—powers of Registrar

“7B.

(1) The Registrar must, as far as practicable, consider applications for the registration of a trade mark in respect of which requests under regulation 7A have been granted:

• (a)

  before he or she considers applications for registration in respect of which no requests for expedited examination have been granted; and

• (b)

  in the order in which requests in respect of the applications were lodged.

“(2)

The Registrar may expedite examination of an application for registration in the absence of a request if expedited examination is warranted in all the circumstances.

“(3)

For the purposes of subregulation (2), the relationship of the application for registration to any other application for registration is a relevant circumstance.”.

5.   Schedule 2 (Fees)

5.1   Item 1:

Omit “$50” (twice occurring), substitute “$65”.

5.2   Item 4:

Omit “$60” (first occurring), substitute “$65”.

5.3   Item 4:

Omit “$60, plus $30”, substitute “$65, plus $35”.

5.4   Item 5:

Omit “$100”, substitute “$250.”

5.5   Item 6:

Omit “$75”, substitute “$100”.

5.6   Item 11:

Omit “$55”, substitute “$65”.

5.7   Item 13:

Omit “$55”, substitute “$65”.

5.8   Item 14:

Omit “$50”, substitute “$65”.

5.9   Schedule 2 is further amended in accordance with the following table:

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Omit from column 1	Column 3 Substitute
3	3	2
4	4	3
5	5	4
6	6	5
9	9	10
10	10	11
11	11	12
12	12	13
13	13	14
14	14	15

5.10   Omit items 7 and 8, substitute:

“6	On lodging an application for a hearing under regulation 49 or 58	$500
“7	On informing the Registrar under regulation 50 of the desire to be heard	$500, less any amount already paid under item 6 in relation to the matter
“8	On informing the Registrar under subregulation 72 (2) of the desire to be heard: (a) on an application for an extension of time (b) on any other matter	$300 $500
“9	On lodging a request under regulation 76	$300, unless an amount has already been paid under item 6, 7 or 8 in  relation to the matter”.

5.11    Add at the end:

“16 On lodging a request for expedited examination of an application for the registration of a trade mark under regulation 7A $100”.

6.Schedule 6 (Costs, expenses and allowances)

6.1   Part 1, item 1:

Omit “$170”, substitute “$180”.

6.2   Part 1, item 2:

Omit “$460”, substitute “$480”.

6.3   Part 1, item 3:

Omit

 “$85”, substitute “$90”.

6.4   Part 1, item 4:

Omit

 “$200”, substitute “$210”.

6.5   Part 1, item 5:

Omit “$460”, substitute “$480”.

6.6   Part 1, item 6:

Omit “$135”, substitute “$145”.

6.7   Part 1, item 7:

Omit “$230”, substitute “$240”.

6.8   Part 1, item 8:

Omit “$85”, substitute “$90”.

6.9   Part 1, item 9:

Omit “$345”, substitute “$360”.

6.10   Part 1, item 10:

Omit “$170 per hour or $765 per day”, substitute “$180 an hour or $810 a day”.

6.11   Part 1, item 11:

Omit “$135 per hour or $610 per day”, substitute “$145 an hour or $650 a day”.

6.12   Part 1, item 12:

Omit “$230 per hour or $1035 per day”, substitute “$240 an hour or $1,080 a day”.

6.13   Part 2, clause 2:

Omit “$390” in paragraph (b) , substitute “$405”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 6 September 1994.

2. Statutory Rules 1958 No. 48 as amended by 1961 No. 36; 1973 No. 289; 1975 No. 202; 1977 No. 179; 1979 Nos. 11 and 109; 1980 No. 319; 1982 Nos. 79 and 234; 1983 No. 312; 1984 No. 255; 1986 Nos. 261 and 262; 1987 No. 13; 1988 No. 102; 1989 Nos. 94 and 312; 1990 Nos. 30 and 241; 1991 Nos. 64 and 454; 1992 No. 150; 1993 Nos. 117and 343; 1994 No. 181.