Patents Regulations (Amendment) 1996 No. 271
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1996 No. 271
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Science and Technology
Patents Act 1990
Patents Regulations (Amendment)
The Statutory Rules amend the Patents Regulations (the Regulations) to update the list of Convention countries in Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulations declared by virtue of subregulation 8.5(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 Patents Regulations as those to be amended.
Regulation 3 inserts into Schedule 4 to the Regulations Azerbaijan, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama and United Arab Emirates and substitutes existing Schedule 4 with a new Schedule 4 with the effect that, under subregulation 8.5(1) of the Regulations, each of these countries is declared to be a "Convention country" for the purposes of the definition of "Convention country" in the Act.