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DESIGNS AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1999 (NO. 1) 1999 NO. 187

STATUTORY RULES 1999 No. 187

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources

Designs Act 1906

Designs Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1)

The regulations amend the Designs Regulations 1982 (the Regulations) to:

*       clarify that the fee prescribed in item 12 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulations only applies to counsel's attendance at a hearing.

*       alter the hours of business of the Designs Office prescribed in the Regulations; and

Details of the amendments made by these regulations are as follows:

Regulation 1 identifies these regulations as the Designs Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 1);

Regulation 2 specifies that regulations 1, 2, 3 and Schedule 1, are to commence on gazettal; and Schedule 2 is to commence on 6 September 1999;

Regulation 3 Specifies that Schedules 1 and 2 amend the Regulations;

Item 1 of Schedule 1 amends item 12 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Regulations to clarify that the fee prescribed in this item only applies to counsel's attendance at a hearing; and

Item 1 of Schedule 2 substitutes existing regulation 53 of the Regulations with new regulation 5 3 that extends the hours of business of the Designs Office, from 10 am to 4pm, to 9 am to 5 pm.