Statutory Instruments
2006 No. 1833
DESIGNS
The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) Regulations 2006
Made
10th July 2006
Laid before Parliament
10th July 2006
Coming into force
1st August 2006
The Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 1 ) in relation to intellectual property (including both registered and unregistered rights)( 2 ).
Accordingly the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 2(2) of that Act, makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1st August 2006.
Amendment to the Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989
2. The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989( 3 ) shall be amended as follows.
3. For regulation 4(2) there shall be substituted—
“ (2) Part III of the Act has effect as if for section 217(3) there was substituted the following—
“ (3) In this section “qualifying country” means—
(a) the United Kingdom,
(b) another member State,
(c) the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, the Channel Islands or any colony,
(d) a country listed in the Schedule to the Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989. ” ” .
4. For the Schedule to those Regulations (additional classes of qualifying persons)( 4 ) there shall be substituted the Schedule (qualifying countries) set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations (new schedule for the Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989).
Revocations
5. The instruments set out in Schedule 2 (revocations) are revoked to the extent specified.
Sainsbury of Turville
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science and Innovation
Department of Trade and Industry
10th July 2006
regulation 4
SCHEDULE 1 NEW SCHEDULE FOR THE DESIGN RIGHT (SEMICONDUCTOR TOPOGRAPHIES) REGULATIONS 1989
“ SCHEDULE QUALIFYING COUNTRIES
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Albania
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Angola
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Argentina
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Armenia
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Australia
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Bahrain, Kingdom of
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Bangladesh
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Barbados
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Belize
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Benin
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Bolivia
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Botswana
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Brazil
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Brunei Darussalam
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Bulgaria
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Burkina Faso
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Burundi
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Cambodia
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Cameroon
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Canada
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Central African Republic
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Chad
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Chile
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China
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Colombia
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Congo
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Costa Rica
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Côte d'Ivoire
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Croatia
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Cuba
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Djibouti
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Dominica
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Dominican Republic
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Ecuador
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Egypt
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El Salvador
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Fiji
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Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
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French overseas territories
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Gabon
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The Gambia
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Georgia
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Ghana
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Grenada
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Guatemala
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Guinea
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Guinea Bissau
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Guyana
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Haiti
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Honduras
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Hong Kong
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Iceland
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India
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Indonesia
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Israel
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Jamaica
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Japan
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Jordan
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Kenya
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Korea, Republic of
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Kuwait
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Kyrgyz Republic
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Lesotho
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Liechtenstein
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Macao, China
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Madagascar
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Malawi
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Malaysia
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Maldives
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Mali
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Mauritania
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Mauritius
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Mexico
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Moldova
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Mongolia
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Morocco
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Mozambique
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Myanmar
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Namibia
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Nepal
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Netherlands Antilles
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New Zealand
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Nicaragua
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Niger
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Nigeria
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Norway
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Oman
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Pakistan
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Panama
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Papua New Guinea
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Paraguay
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Peru
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Philippines
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Qatar
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Romania
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Rwanda
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Saint Lucia
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Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
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Saudi Arabia
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Senegal
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Sierra Leone
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Singapore
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Solomon Islands
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South Africa
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Sri Lanka
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Suriname
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Swaziland
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Switzerland
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Chinese Taipei
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Tanzania
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Thailand
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Togo
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Tunisia
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Turkey
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Uganda
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United Arab Emirates
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United States of America
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Uruguay
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Venezuela
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Zambia
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Zimbabwe ”
regulation 5
SCHEDULE 2 REVOCATIONS
Title and number | Extent of revocation |
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The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 ( SI 1989/2147 ) | The whole Regulations. |
The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 ( SI 1990/1003 ) | The whole Regulations. |
The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 ( SI 1991/2237 ) | The whole Regulations. |
The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 ( SI 1992/400 ) | The whole Regulations. |
The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 ( SI 1993/2497 ) | The whole Regulations. |
SI 1989/1100 .
This Schedule has been substituted or amended by SI 1993/2497 , 1992/400 , 1991/2237 , 1990/1003 and 1989/2147 . All of these Instruments are revoked by this Instrument.