The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and, in accordance with the provisions of the Stockholm Act of the above Convention, has the honor to notify him that the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia deposited on May 10, 1972, its instrument of accession dated May 3, 1972, to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works of September 9, 1886, as revised at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, with the declaration provided for in Article 28(1)(b)(i) of the said Act to the effect that the accession shall not apply to Articles 1 to 21 and to the Protocol Regarding Developing Countries.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 28(2)(c) of the Stockholm Act of the said Convention, Articles 22 to 38 will enter into force, with respect to the Commonwealth of Australia, three months after the date of this notification, that is, on August 25, 1972.
A separate notification will be made on the entry into force of the other provisions of the Stockholm Act of the said Convention, when the required number of ratifications or accessions is reached.
May 25, 1972