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The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Patents Amendment (Innovation Patents) Bill 2000
No. , 2000
(Industry, Science and Resources)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Patents Act 1990 by repealing the petty patent scheme and providing for innovation patents and other minor amendments, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Patents Act 1990 3
Schedule 2—Application, saving and transitional provisions 39
Part 1—Application, saving and transitional provisions relating to petty patents 39
Part 2—Other application and saving provisions 43
Schedule 3—Consequential amendment of other Acts 44
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 44
A Bill for an Act to amend the Patents Act 1990 by repealing the petty patent scheme and providing for innovation patents and other minor amendments, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Patents Amendment (Innovation Patents) Act 2000 .
2 Commencement
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.
(2) If this Act does not commence under subsection (1) within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent, it commences on the first day after the end of that period.
3 Schedule(s)
Subject to section 2 , each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.