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TRADE MARKS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1996 NO. 272

STATUTORY RULES 1996 No. 272

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Science and Technology

Trade Marks Act 1995

Trade Marks Regulations (Amendment)

The Statutory Rules amend the Trade Marks Regulations (the Regulations) to:

*       amend part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulations to qualify a class heading so that it remains in accord with the Nice Classification 7th edition.

*       update the list of Convention countries in Schedule 10 to the Regulations declared by virtue of subregulation 21.29(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 1 January 1997 as the commencement day for Regulation 3 and gazettal for the remaining Regulations.

Regulation 2 identifies the Trade Marks Regulations as those to be amended.

Regulation 3 amends part 1 of Schedule 1 to include the words "other than hand operated" after "agricultural implements" in item number 7 with the effect that the class heading will remain in accord with the 7th edition of the Nice Classification due to come into effect on 1 January 1997.

Regulation 4 inserts into Schedule 10 to the Regulations Azerbaijan, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama and United Arab Emirates and substitutes existing Schedule 10 with a new Schedule 10 with the effect that, under subregulation 21.29(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.