EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1990 NO. 30
Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Industry, Technology and Commerce
The Statutory Rules amend the Trade Marks Regulations to make new provisions for the purpose of subsection 129(4) of the Trade Marks Act 1955 (the Act). Details of the amendment are as follows:
Regulation 1 provides for commencement of the Regulations on the same day as the commencement of section 48 of the Industry. Technology and Commerce Legislation Amendment Act (No.2) 1989, which is 14 February 1990.
Regulation 2 amends regulation 4 of the Trade Marks Regulations by adding new subregulation 4(5) which specifies for the purposes of subsection 129(4) of the Act, that the Registrar is to notify the person or his or her agent in writing within 7 days after the lodging of the document, or the doing of the act, for which the fee is payable.