- Designs Regulations 1954
- Contents
- Part 1 Preliminary
- Part 2 Fees
- Part 3 Forms and documents
- Part 4 Agency and correspondence
- Part 5 Applications for registration
- Part 6 Representations
- Part 7 Convention applications
- Part 8 Procedure on receipt of application
- Part 9 Extension of period of copyright
- Part 10 Assignments, etc.
- Part 11 Correction of errors
- Part 12 Certificates and information
- Part 13 Compulsory licence
- Part 14 Cancellation of registration
- Part 15 Evidence before the Commissioner
- Part 16 Applications to and orders of Court
- Part 17 Miscellaneous provisions
- Part 18 Revocations and savings
- Schedule 1 Fees
- Schedule 2 Forms
- Schedule 3 Regulations revoked
- Part 1 Preliminary
- Part 2 Fees
- Part 3 Forms and documents
- Part 4 Agency and correspondence
- Part 5 Applications for registration
- Part 6 Representations
- Part 7 Convention applications
- Part 8 Procedure on receipt of application
- Part 9 Extension of period of copyright
- Part 10 Assignments, etc.
- Part 11 Correction of errors
- Part 12 Certificates and information
- Part 13 Compulsory licence
- Part 14 Cancellation of registration
- Part 15 Evidence before the Commissioner
- Part 16 Applications to and orders of Court
- Part 17 Miscellaneous provisions
- Part 18 Revocations and savings
- Schedule 1 Fees
- Schedule 2 Forms
- Form Designs No 1
- Form Designs No 2
- Form Designs No 3
- Form Designs No 4
- Form Designs No 5
- Form Designs No 6
- Form Designs No 7
- Form Designs No 8
- Form Designs No 9
- Form Designs No 10
- Form Designs No 11
- Form Designs No 12
- Form Designs No 13
- Form Designs No 14
- Form Designs No 15
- Form Designs No 16
- Form Designs No 17
- Form Designs No 18
- Form Designs No 19
- Form Designs No 20
- Form Designs No 21
- Form Designs No 22
- Form Designs No 23
- Form Designs No 24
- Form Designs No 25
- Form Designs No 26
- Form Designs No 27
- Form Designs No 28
- Form Designs No 29
- Form Designs No 30
- Form Designs No 31
- Form Designs No 32
- Form Designs No 33
- Form Designs No 34
- Schedule 3 Regulations revoked
- Explanatory Note
Designs Regulations 1954
(SR 1954/224)
PURSUANTtothe DesignsAct1953 ,HisExcellencytheGovernorGeneral, actingby and with the advice andconsent ofthe Executive Council, hereby makes the following regulations.
Contents
Page
Title, commencement, and arrangement Interpretation
Fees payable according to Schedule 1 Time of payment Form of payment Payments by post Payments from beyond New Zealand Notice of fees due
Forms prescribed in Schedule 2 Size, etc, of documents Signature of documents by firms and bodies corporate
Part 4 Agency and correspondence
Note These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.
Agents may act for applicants Authorization of agent Service upon agent Refusal to recognize agent Addressing of correspondence Personal signature may be required Address for service
Part 5 Applications for registration
Signature of application Appropriate application forms to be used Death of applicant Separate applications for same design for more than one
article Name of article and novel features of design to be stated Applications under section 8
Representation of design to be furnished Sets of articles Preparation Specimens Words, letters, or numerals Repeating surface patterns Portraits, insignia, etc. Name or portrait of living person Excluded designs
Part 7 Convention applications
Part 8 Procedure on receipt of application
Objection by Commissioner Hearing Appeal Noncompletion Registration
Part 9 Extension of period of copyright
Second period Third period Designs registered under section 8 Extension of time for payment
Registration Copies of documents Particulars required of person claiming Cessation of interest Alteration of entries Cancellation of registration Administration dispensed with in certain cases
Application Advertisement Opposition Hearing
Part 12 Certificates and information
Certificate by Commissioner Further certificate of registration Request for information Request for search Designs not open to public inspection
Application Opposition Evidence in support of application Evidence in answer Evidence closed Hearing Costs
Part 14 Cancellation of registration
Part 15 Evidence before the Commissioner
Form of evidence Preparation of declarations, etc. Making of declaration, etc. Recognition of signatures on documents Further evidence
Part 16 Applications to and orders of Court
Service of copy of application on Commissioner Action consequent upon Court order
Part 17 Miscellaneous provisions
Designs excluded from the application of the Copyright Act 1913 Discretionary power Power to dispense with evidence Amendments Extension of time Destruction of records
Part 18 Revocations and savings
Schedule 3 48 Regulations revoked
Part 1 Preliminary
Title, commencement, and arrangement
1 - (1)
- These regulations may be cited as the Designs Regulations 1954.
- (2)
- These regulations shall come into force immediately after the commencement of the Designs Act 1953.
- (3)
- These regulations are arranged as follows:
Interpretation
2
In these regulations, unless the contextotherwise requires,— The Act means the Designs Act 1953 Agent means an agent duly authorized to the satisfaction of
the Commissioner Commonwealth country means a country that is a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations; and includes every
territory for whose international relations the Government of that country is responsible Convention application means an application in New
Zealand under section 21 of the Act Lodged means given, made, or filed, or sent through the post byaprepaidletteraddressedtotheCommissioneratthePatent Office
Registermeanstheregisterofdesignskeptundersection 25 of the Act
Specimen
PURSUANTtothe DesignsAct1953 ,HisExcellencytheGovernorGeneral, actingby and with the advice andconsent ofthe Executive Council, hereby makes the following regulations.
Page
Title, commencement, and arrangement Interpretation
Fees payable according to Schedule 1 Time of payment Form of payment Payments by post Payments from beyond New Zealand Notice of fees due
Forms prescribed in Schedule 2 Size, etc, of documents Signature of documents by firms and bodies corporate
Part 4 Agency and correspondence
Note These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.
Agents may act for applicants Authorization of agent Service upon agent Refusal to recognize agent Addressing of correspondence Personal signature may be required Address for service
Part 5 Applications for registration
Signature of application Appropriate application forms to be used Death of applicant Separate applications for same design for more than one
article Name of article and novel features of design to be stated Applications under section 8
Representation of design to be furnished Sets of articles Preparation Specimens Words, letters, or numerals Repeating surface patterns Portraits, insignia, etc. Name or portrait of living person Excluded designs
Part 7 Convention applications
Part 8 Procedure on receipt of application
Objection by Commissioner Hearing Appeal Noncompletion Registration
Part 9 Extension of period of copyright
Second period Third period Designs registered under section 8 Extension of time for payment
Registration Copies of documents Particulars required of person claiming Cessation of interest Alteration of entries Cancellation of registration Administration dispensed with in certain cases
Application Advertisement Opposition Hearing
Part 12 Certificates and information
Certificate by Commissioner Further certificate of registration Request for information Request for search Designs not open to public inspection
Application Opposition Evidence in support of application Evidence in answer Evidence closed Hearing Costs
Part 14 Cancellation of registration
Part 15 Evidence before the Commissioner
Form of evidence Preparation of declarations, etc. Making of declaration, etc. Recognition of signatures on documents Further evidence
Part 16 Applications to and orders of Court
Service of copy of application on Commissioner Action consequent upon Court order
Part 17 Miscellaneous provisions
Designs excluded from the application of the Copyright Act 1913 Discretionary power Power to dispense with evidence Amendments Extension of time Destruction of records
Part 18 Revocations and savings
Schedule 3 48 Regulations revoked
Title, commencement, and arrangement
1 Interpretation
2
In these regulations, unless the contextotherwise requires,— The Act means the Designs Act 1953 Agent means an agent duly authorized to the satisfaction of
the Commissioner Commonwealth country means a country that is a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations; and includes every
territory for whose international relations the Government of that country is responsible Convention application means an application in New
Zealand under section 21 of the Act Lodged means given, made, or filed, or sent through the post byaprepaidletteraddressedtotheCommissioneratthePatent Office
Registermeanstheregisterofdesignskeptundersection 25 of the Act
Specimen Contents
Part 1 Preliminary