Designs Regulations (Amendment) 1996 No. 270
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1996 No. 270
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Science and Technology
Designs Act 1906
Designs Regulations (Amendment)
The Statutory Rules amend the Designs Regulations (the Regulations) to update the list of Convention countries in Schedule 2A to the Regulations declared by virtue of subregulation 7A(1) of the Regulations for the purposes of the definition of "Convention country" in the Act.
Details of the amendments made by these Statutory Rules are as follows:
Regulation 1 sets gazettal as the commencement day for these Regulations.
Regulation 2 identifies the Designs Regulations as those to be amended.
Regulation 3 inserts into Schedule 2A to the Regulations, Azerbaijan, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama and United Arab Emirates and substitutes existing Schedule 2A with a new Schedule 2A with the effect that, by virtue of subregulation 7A(1) of the Regulations, each of the countries listed is declared under subsection 48(1) of the Act to be a "Convention country" for the purposes of the Act.