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DESIGNS AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1998 (NO. 2) 1998 NO. 344

STATUTORY RULES 1998 NO. 344

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism

Designs Act 1906

Designs Amendment Regulations 1998 (No. 2)

The Statutory Rules amend the Designs Regulations 1982 (the Regulations) to amend Schedule 2A to the Regulations to update the list of Convention countries.

Details of the amendments made by these Statutory Rules are as follows:

Regulation 1 identifies the Statutory Rules as the Designs Amendment Regulations 1998 (No. 2).

Regulation 2 specifies that the Statutory Rules are to commence on gazettal.

Regulation 3 provides Schedule 1 to the Statutory Rules will amend the Regulations.

Item 1 of Schedule 1 amends subregulation 4(2) of the Regulations to remove the requirement that fees payable to the Registrar of Designs be actually paid at the Designs Office. This will enable the office to implement modem methods of fee payment.

Item 2 of Schedule 1 amends Schedule 2A to the Regulations to include the Kingdom of Cambodia in the list of Convention countries.

Item 3 of Schedule 1 amends Schedule 2A to the Regulations to include the Lao People's Democratic Republic in the list of Convention countries.