PATENTS ACT, 1964 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1966.

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 91 of 1966.

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I, PÁDRAIG S. Ó hIRIGHILE, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 of the Patents Act, 1964 (No. 12 of 1964), hereby order as follows:

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this
2nd day of May, 1966.

PÁDRAIG S. Ó hIRIGHILE,
Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

This Order appoints the 1st July, 1966, as the date on which the Patents Act, 1964 (No. 12 of 1964) comes into operation. By virtue of Rule 3 of the Patents Rules, 1965, the date of commencement of those Rules is also the 1st July, 1966.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in "Iris Oifigiúil" of 10th May, 1966.