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Explanatory note

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(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.