Article 6 Annual reports

Insofar as the provisions of:

(a)

section 121 of the Patents Act 1977(^f1) (Comptroller’s annual report);

(b)

section 42 of the Registered Designs Act 1949(^f2) (Annual report of Registrar); and

(c)

section 45 of the Trade Marks Act 1938(^f3) (Annual report of Registrar),

require a report to be prepared and laid before both Houses of Parliament before 1st June in every year in respect of the preceding calendar year, that requirement shall be treated as satisfied:

(i)

for the period 1st January 1991 to 31st March 1992, by the preparation of a report for that period, and the laying of the same before both Houses of Parliament on or before 30th November 1992; and

(ii)

thereafter, by the preparation of a report in respect of each financial year and by the laying of the same before both Houses of Parliament on or before 30th November next following the end of the financial year.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1977 c. 37.
f2: 1949 c. 88.
f3: 1938 c. 22.