Trade Marks Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1993

No. 343 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 2 December 1993.

 BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

c. schacht

Minister for Science and Small Business

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1.   Amendment

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

[NOTE:

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

2.   Schedule 2 (Fees)

2.1   Item 1:

Omit the item, substitute:

“1	On lodging:
(a) an application to register a trade mark, or a series of trade marks, in respect of goods or services in a prescribed class of goods or services	$150, plus $50 for each trade mark in the series additional to the first
(b) on the day an application referred to in paragraph (a) is made—an application to register the trade mark referred to in paragraph (a), or the series of trade marks referred to in paragraph (a), in respect of goods or services in another prescribed class of goods or services”.	$100, plus $50 for each trade mark in the series additional to the first

2.2   Item 2:

Omit the item.

2.3   Item 8, paragraph (a):

After “regulation 49”, insert “or 58”.

2.4   Item 13, paragraph (a):

Omit “granted”, substitute “sought”.

3.   Schedule 4A (Convention countries for the purposes of the Act)

3.1   Omit the Schedule, substitute:

 SCHEDULE 4A Subregulation 11a (1)

 

CONVENTION COUNTRIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ACT

 

Algeria

Argentina

Austria

Bahamas

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Benin

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Canada

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Congo

Côte d’Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark (including Faroe Islands)

Dominican Republic

Egypt

Finland

France (including all Overseas Departments and Territories)

Gabon

Gambia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Haiti

Holy See

Hungary

Iceland

Indonesia

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Korea, Democratic People’s

Republic of

Korea, Republic of

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Mali

Malta

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Morocco

Netherlands (including the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba)

New Zealand (excluding the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau)

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russian Federation

Rwanda

San Marino

Senegal

Slovak Republic

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

Togo

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United Kingdom (including Hong Kong and the Isle of Man)

United Republic of Tanzania

United States of America (including all territories and possessions, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico)

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Viet Nam

Yugoslavia

Zaire

Zambia

Zimbabwe

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 10 December 1993.

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 No. 117.