Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 1560
PATENTS
The Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2000
Made
14th June 2000
Laid before Parliament
26th June 2000
Coming into force
14th July 2000
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of June 2000
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 90(1) and section 124(3) of the Patents Act 1977( 1 ), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
1. This Order may be cited as the Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 14th July 2000.
2. The countries specified in the Schedule to this Order are convention countries for the purposes of section 5 of the Patents Act 1977.
3. The Patents (Convention Countries) Order 1994( 2 ) shall be amended by the insertion in Schedule 1 thereto of the countries specified in the Schedule to this Order in proper alphabetical order.
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council
Schedule
Cambodia
Equatorial Guinea
Lao Peoples Democratic Republic
Oman
Sao Tome and Principe