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PATENTS AMENDMENT BILL 1996 [2008]
1996
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Patents Amendment Bill 1996
No. , 1996
(Senator Stott Despoja)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Patents Act 1990, and
for related purposes
i Patents Amendment Bill 1996 No. , 1996
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Contents
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Short title ............................................................................................1
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Commencement...................................................................................1
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Schedules.............................................................................................1
Schedule 1--Amendment of the Patents Act 1990
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Patents Act 1990, and
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for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Patents Amendment Act 1996.
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2 Commencement
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This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
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Assent.
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3 Schedules
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The Acts specified in the Schedules are amended in accordance
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with the applicable items in the Schedules, and the other items in
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the Schedules have effect according to their terms.
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Schedule 1
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Amendment of the Patents Act
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1990
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1 At the end of section 18
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Add:
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(3) The following are not to be regarded as possessing the quality of
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novelty or inventiveness for the purposes of this section:
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(a) naturally occurring genes; or
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(b) naturally occurring gene sequences; or
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(c) descriptions of the base sequence of a naturally occurring
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gene or a naturally occurring gene sequence.
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