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Patents Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 2) (Statutory Rules 2001 No. 184), Australia

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Details Details Year of Version 2001 Dates Adopted: June 28, 2001 Type of Text Implementing Rules/Regulations Subject Matter Patents (Inventions) Notes The notification by Australia to the WTO under article 63.2 of TRIPS states:
'Amend the Patents Regulations 1991 in relation to the educational qualifications of examiners.'

Date of entry into force:
See Article 2 (Commencement), page 2.

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 AU133EN: Patents, Regulations (Amendment), 28/06/2001, No. 184

Patents Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 2) 1

Statutory Rules 2001 No. 1842 __________________________________________________________________________________

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Patents Act 1990.

Dated 28 June 2001

WILLIAM DEANE Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

WARREN ENTSCH Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources

2

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Patents Amendment Regulations 2001 (No. 2).

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on gazettal.

3 Amendment of Patents Regulations 1991

Schedule 1 amends the Patents Regulations 1991.

Schedule 1 Amendments (regulation 3)

[1] Schedule 6, item 1, column 2

substitute

A degree, diploma, advanced diploma or graduate diploma, under the Australian Qualification Framework, that is:

(a) in a field of technology that contains potentially patentable subject matter; and

(b) awarded by a body, in the Higher Education Sector, that is authorised to award a degree, diploma, advanced diploma or graduate diploma of that kind.

Note The Australian Qualification Framework is a nationally recognised reference which categorises qualifications into 12 levels, from institutions categorised into 3 sectors: schools, vocational and higher education.

The AQF website is http://www.aqf.edu.au/

[2] Schedule 6, item 2, column 2

substitute

An award of an overseas education institution that is the equivalent of a degree, diploma, advanced diploma or graduate diploma mentioned in item 1.

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Notes

1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1991 No. 71, as amended by 1991 No. 456; 1992 No. 148; 1993 Nos. 113, 227, 340 and 341; 1994 Nos. 182, 317 and 387; 1995 Nos. 16, 20, 82 and 427; 1996 No. 271; 1997 Nos. 192 and 345; 1998 Nos. 45, 56, 141, 241, 257, 264, 291, 319, 342 and 345; 1999 Nos. 154, 184, 261 and 349; 2000 No. 317; 2001 No. 98.

2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 5 July 2001.


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IP/N/1/AUS/P/6 (p. 373-374)
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