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Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 (Certain Provisions) (Commencement ) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 761/2007)

 Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 (Certain provisions) (Commencement) Order 2007

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. No. 761 of 2007

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PATENTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2006 (CERTAIN PROVISIONS) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2007

(Prn. A7/2089)

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S.I. No. 761 of 2007

PATENTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2006 (CERTAIN PROVISIONS) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2007

I, MICHAEL AHERN, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 51(2) of the Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 (No. 31 of 2006) and the Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 4) Order 2007 (S.I. No. 562 of 2007) hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 (Certain Provisions) (Commencement) Order 2007.

2. The 13th day of December 2007 is appointed as the day on which the provisions of the Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 (No. 31 of 2006) specified in the Schedule come into operation.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of 20th November, 2007.

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SCHEDULE

Section 2(b), (c), (d) and (e)

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 11

Section 13

Section 14

Section 17

Section 29(a), (b), (c)(i) and (d)

Section 31(a), (b) and (d)

Section 33

Section 35

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GIVEN under my Hand, 14 November 2007

MICHAEL AHERN. Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade

and Employment.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Order appoints 13 December 2007 as the date on which specified pro- visions of the Patents (Amendment) Act 2006, arising from the revision of the European Patent Convention, come into operation. The revised Convention will enter into force on 13 December 2007.

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