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The Designs (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/2125 · Made 9 June 2001

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DESIGNS

Made 9th June 2001

Coming into force 11th July 2001

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 9th day of June 2001

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 13(1) and section 37(5) of the Registered Designs Act 1949f1, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1949 c. 88.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule Schedule
  6. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Designs (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 11th July 2001.

2

The countries specified in the Schedule to this Order are convention countries for the purposes of all of the provisions of the Registered Designs Act 1949.

3

The Designs (Convention Countries) Order 1994f1 shall be amended by the insertion in Schedule 1 thereto of the countries specified in the Schedule to this Order in proper alphabetical order.

Signature

A. K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

  • Bhutan

  • Nepal

  • Tonga

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, made pursuant to section 13(1) of the Registered Designs Act 1949 with a view to the fulfilment of obligations under the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (“the Paris Convention”) (as revised at Stockholm in 1967) (Cmnd. 4431), declares Bhutan, Nepal and Tonga to be convention countries for the purposes of all the provisions of the Registered Designs Act 1949.