Patents (Patent Cooperation Treaty) Reprinted as at r 2 Amendment Regulations 2002 13 September 2014
(2) In these regulations, the Patents (Patent Cooperation Treaty) Regulations 19921 are called “the principal regulations”.
2 Commencement These regulations come into force on 1 April 2002.
3 Time limit specified for articles 22(1) and 39(1) of Patent Cooperation Treaty Regulation 4(2) of the principal regulations is amended by omitting the expression “21”, and substituting the expression “31”.
4 Time limit specified for section 26G(1)(b) of Act Regulation 5(b) of the principal regulations is amended by omitting the word “Twenty-one”, and substituting the expres- sion “31”.
Marie Shroff, Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect. These regulations, which come into force on 1 April 2002, change the time limits required to fulfil obligations under Article 22(1) of the Patents Cooperation Treaty and section 26G(1)(b) of the Patents Act 1953. The amendment from 21 months to 31 months fulfils New Zealand’s international obligation to comply with an amendment to the Treaty.
Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012. Date of notification in Gazette: 28 February 2002.
1 SR 1992/316
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