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Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act 1998
No. 100, 1998
Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act 1998
No. 100, 1998
An Act to amend the Copyright Act 1968 , the Designs Act 1906 , the Patents Act 1990 and the Trade Marks Act 1995 , and for other purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................
2............ Commencement..................................................................................
3............ Schedule(s).........................................................................................
Schedule 1—Extension of pharmaceutical patents
Patents Act 1990
Schedule 2—Patent attorneys and trade marks attorneys
Copyright Act 1968
Designs Act 1906
Patents Act 1990
Trade Marks Act 1995
Schedule 3—Miscellaneous amendments of the Patents Act 1990
Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act 1998
No. 100, 1998
An Act to amend the Copyright Act 1968, the Designs Act 1906, the Patents Act 1990 and the Trade Marks Act 1995, and for other purposes
[ Assented to 27 July 1998 ]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act 1998.
2 Commencement
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), Schedule 1 commences on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.
(3) If Schedule 1 does not commence under subsection (2) within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, Schedule 1 commences on the first day after the end of that period.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), Schedule 2 commences on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.
(5) If Schedule 2 does not commence under subsection (4) within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, Schedule 2 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Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.