2011/75
Anand Satyanand, Governor-General
At Wellington this 28th day of March 2011
Present: His Excellency the Governor-General in Council
Pursuant to section 46 of the Designs Act 1953, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regulations.
Contents Part 2A Compliance with regulations by electronic means
7 Definitions used in this Part 4 8 Means of communicating with Commissioner 5 8A Signature requirements for communications by 5 electronic means 8B Commissioner may communicate by electronic 6 means 8C Interrelationship of this Part with rest of 6 regulations 10 Size, etc., of documents 7 11 Signature of documents by firms and bodies corporate 7 12 Authorization of agent 7 13 Regulation 16 revoked 7 14 New regulation 20A inserted 7 20A Applicantmayrequestdelayofissueofcertificate 7 of registration 15 New regulation 22 substituted 8 22 Separate applications for same design for more 8 than 1 article 16 Name of article and novel features of design to be stated 8 17 New regulations 25 and 26 substituted 8 25 Representation of design to be furnished 8 26 Means of providing representation of design 8 18 Words, letters, or numerals 9 19 Repeating surface patterns 9 20 Requirements 9 21 New Part 8A inserted 9
Part 8A Restoration of design applications
40A Request for restoration of abandoned design 9 application 40B Period for notice of opposition 9 40C Protection of persons who avail themselves of 9 design 22 New regulation 41 substituted 10 41 Extension of period of copyright for further 5 10 years 23 New Part 9A inserted 10
Part 9A Restoration of lapsed copyright in registered design
44A Request for restoration of lapsed copyright in 10
44B Period for notice of opposition 11
44C Protection of persons who avail themselves of 11 design
“(1) Fees may be paid—
“(a) by electronic means; or
“(b) by other means acceptable to the Commissioner. “(2) The Commissioner may delay taking an action until the fee
that must be paid for that action has been received.”
Regulation 6 is amended by omitting “Money” and substituting “Payments”.
9 New Part 2A inserted The following Part is inserted after Part 2:
electronic means “7 Definitions used in this Part In this Part,— “ Designs Amendment Regulations 2011
Order in Council
Regulations
1 Title
These regulations are the Designs Amendment Regulations 2011. 2 Commencement These regulations come into force on 19 April 2011. 3 Principal regulations amended These regulations amend the Designs Regulations 1954. 4 (1) Interpretation The definitions of lodged and specimen in regulation 2 are revoked. (2) Regulation2isamendedbyinsertingthefollowingdefinitions in their appropriate alphabetical order: “Commissioner’s Internet site means the Internet site operated by, or on behalf of, the Commissioner “electronic reproduction means a copy of a paper document thatistransmittedorstoredbyelectronicmeans(forexample, an image of a paper document that has been electronically
scanned or a copy of a paper document that is sent by means of a fax machine) “paper document means a form or document that is rep resented or reproduced in a visible and tangible form and medium (for example, in print)”. 5 New regulation 5 substituted Regulation 5 is revoked and the following regulation substi tuted: “5 Form of payment 6 Payments by post
7 Regulation 7 revoked
8 Regulation 8 revoked
“Part 2A “Compliance with regulations by