{"id":"C2004L05730","name":"Patents (Patent Cooperation Treaty Regulations) Regulations (Repeal)","slug":"patents-patent-cooperation-treaty-regulations-regulations-repeal","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"248 of 1987","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":27938,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004L05730-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Patents (Patent Cooperation Treaty Regulations) Regulations (Repeal)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\nStatutory Rules 1987 No. 2481\n\n––––––––––––\n\nPatents (Patent Cooperation Treaty Regulations) Regulations (Repeal)\n\nI, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Patents Act 1952.\n\nDated 22 October 1987.\n\nJ. A. ROWLAND\n\nAdministrator\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nBARRY JONES\n\nMinister of State for Science and Small Business\n\n–––––––––––––\n\nRepeal of the Patents (Patent Cooperation Treaty Regulations) Regulations\n\nStatutory Rules 1982 No. 211 are repealed.\n\n––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\n\nNOTE\n\n1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 28 October 1987.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1685},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly as its title suggests—it repeals the 1982 Regulations without expanding into new policy areas, adding replacement provisions, or growing beyond its stated purpose of repeal."},"complexity_factors":["Single sentence of operative text","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional provisions, exceptions, or nested logic","Only cross-reference is to the repealed instrument itself (Statutory Rules 1982 No. 211)","Extremely short legislative instrument (less than one page)"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation is a **housekeeping measure** that cleans up the statute books by removing outdated patent rules.\n\nSpecifically, it **repeals (cancels)** the *Patents (Patent Cooperation Treaty Regulations) Regulations* made in 1982. Those older regulations governed how Australia handled international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) — a system that lets inventors file one international application instead of separate national ones.\n\n**What this means:**\n- The 1982 rules are deleted entirely\n- No new rules are introduced by this instrument\n- Patent applications filed under the PCT will now be handled under other legislation (likely the Patents Act 1952 itself or newer regulations)\n\nThis type of repeal is common when lawmakers update how Australia implements its international treaty obligations, choosing to remove redundant standalone regulations rather than amend them."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/patents-patent-cooperation-treaty-regulations-regulations-repeal","history":"/api/acts/patents-patent-cooperation-treaty-regulations-regulations-repeal/history","analysis":"/api/acts/patents-patent-cooperation-treaty-regulations-regulations-repeal/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/patents-patent-cooperation-treaty-regulations-regulations-repeal/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/patents-patent-cooperation-treaty-regulations-regulations-repeal/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/patents-patent-cooperation-treaty-regulations-regulations-repeal/documents"}}