PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1995 NO. 427 

PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1995 NO. 427 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.  Commencement  
2.  Amendment  
3.  Regulation 1.4 (English text of treaties)  
4.  Regulation 22.4 (Fees for international applications payable for the benefit of the International Bureau)  
5.  Schedule 2A (Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty)  
6.  Schedule 4 (Convention Countries)  
7.  Schedule 7 (Fees)  


1995 No. 427 PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 1
1. Commencement


  1.1 These Regulations commence on 1 January 1996.


1995 No. 427 PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 2
2. Amendment


  2.1 The Patents Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.


1995 No. 427 PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 3
3. Regulation 1.4 (English text of treaties)


  3.1 Subregulation 1.4 (2):
Omit "1 January 1994", substitute "1 January 1996".


1995 No. 427 PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 4
4. Regulation 22.4 (Fees for international applications payable for
the benefit of the International Bureau)


  4.1 Subregulation 22.4 (1):
Omit "If, for the purposes of the PCT, the Patent Office is:", substitute,
"Subject to subregulation (1A) if, for the purposes of the PCT, the Patent
Office is:".

  4.2 After subregulation 22.4 (1), insert:
  "(1A) The fee payable for international applications is reduced by 75% if
the applicant, or each applicant, is:
  (a) a natural person; and
  (b) a national of, and resides in, a State the per capita national income of
which is less than US $3,000.
  "(1B) For the purposes of subregulation (1A), 'per capita national income'
means the average per capita national income figure for the State that is used
by the United Nations to determine its scale of assessments for the
contributions payable for the years 1995, 1996 and 1997.".


1995 No. 427 PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 5
5. Schedule 2A (Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty)


  5.1 Paragraph 2 (a) of the Schedule of Fees:
Omit "10", substitute "11".

  5.2 At the end of the Schedule of Fees, add:
  "All fees are reduced by 75% for international applications filed by any
applicant who is a natural person and who is a national of and resides in a
State whose per capita national income is below US$3,000 (according to the
average per capita national income figures used by the United Nations for
determining its scale of assessments for the contributions payable for the
years 1995, 1996 and 1997); if there are several applicants, each must satisfy
those criteria.".


1995 No. 427 PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 6
6. Schedule 4 (Convention Countries)


  6.1 Part 1 of the Schedule:
Insert the following countries in the Schedule according to alphabetical order
determined on a letter by letter basis:
  "Albania
  Peru
  Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Saint Lucia
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  Turkmenistan
  Venezuela".


1995 No. 427 PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 7
7. Schedule 7 (Fees)


  7.1 Item 2 of Part 4 of the Schedule:
Omit "10", substitute "11".


- NOTES


1995 No. 427*1* PATENTS REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT)

- Dated 20 December 1995


*1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 22 December 1995.
*2* Statutory Rules 1991 No. 71 as amended by 1991 No. 456; 1992 No. 148; 1993
Nos. 113, 227, 340 and 341; 1994 Nos. 182, 317 and 387; 1995 Nos. 16, 20 and
82.