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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitution (Amendment) Act 1995 (1995) The Constitution of Kiribati (1979) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Copyright Ordinance (Cap 16) (1998) Registration of United Kingdom Trade Marks Ordinance (Cap 88) (1977) United Kingdom Designs Protection Ordinance (Cap 99) (1977) Registration of UK Patents Ordinance (Cap 87) (1977) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Consumer Protection (Amendment) Act 2009 (2009) Environment (Amendment) Act 2007 (2007) Telecommunications Act 2004 (2004) Exhibition of Films (Amendment) Act 2002 (2002) Consumer Protection Act 2001 (2002) Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2001 (2002) Environment Act 1999 (1999) Broadcasting and Publications Authority (Amendment) Act, 1997 (1997) Customs Act 1993 (1994) Broadcasting and Publications Authority (Amendment) Act, 1993 (1993) Telecom Kiribati Ltd (Special Provisions) Act 1988 (1988) Broadcasting and Publications Authority (Amendment) Act, 1981 (1981) Broadcasting and Publications Authority Ordinance (1979) Exhibition of Films Ordinance (1978) Penal Code (1977)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Radio-Communications Regulations 2005 (2005) Exhibition of Films Regulations (1979) Registration of United Kingdom Trade Marks (Fees) Regulations (1939)

Treaty Membership	WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Summary Table of Membership of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Treaties Administered by WIPO, plus UPOV, WTO and UN Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (July 19, 2013) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (March 13, 2006) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (December 14, 2005) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (December 6, 2004) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (July 19, 2004) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (March 26, 2003) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (August 12, 2000) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (May 8, 1995) Convention on Biological Diversity (November 14, 1994) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (July 12, 1979) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (July 12, 1979) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (July 12, 1979) Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (July 12, 1979) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) The Georgetown Agreement (formally establishing the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, the "ACP Group"), since 1975 (ACP) ... Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (July 4, 2003) South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement (SPARTECA) (August 9, 1981)

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