S.I. No. 256/1956:

PATENTS, DESIGNS AND TRADE MARKS (COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA) ORDER, 1956.

PATENTS, DESIGNS AND TRADE MARKS (COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA) ORDER, 1956.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear to the Government that the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia has made satisfactory provision for the protection of inventions, designs and trade marks patented or registered in the State and it is therefore expedient that the provisions of section 152 of the Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act, 1927 (No. 16 of 1927), should be applied to the Commonwealth of Australia :

NOW, the Government, in exercise of the power conferred on them by subsection (6) of section 152 of the Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act, 1927 (No. 16 of 1927), as adapted by section 2 of the Executive Powers (Consequential Provisions) Act 1937 (No. 20 of 1937), hereby order as follows :

1. This Order may be cited as the Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (Commonwealth of Australia) Order, 1956.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. The provisions of section 152 of the Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act, 1927 (No. 16 of 1927), shall apply to the Commonwealth of Australia.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this third day of October, 1956.

WILLIAM NORTON,

Tánaiste.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This instrument provides for priority rights to be accorded to Australia in the protection of inventions, designs and trade marks.