Commonwealth legislation

Patents Regulations (Provisional)

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

11 of 1904

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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This regulation temporarily moved the Patent Office to a different building in Melbourne while the new Patents Act was waiting to start.

What it does

Changes the Patent Office location from the Commonwealth Public Offices on Spring Street to the Melbourne Exhibition Building
Took effect on 26 February 1904
Only lasted until the Patents Act 1903 officially commenced (a short-term bridge)

Who it affects

Inventors lodging patent applications in early 1904
Staff working at the Patent Office

Why it matters This is a housekeeping measure to ensure the patent system kept running during the transition to new federal legislation. It simply provided a temporary physical address for the office while the permanent legal framework was being switched on.

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STATUTORY RULES.

No. 11.

Commonwealth of Australia.

Department of Trade and Customs,

Melbourne, 18th March, 1904.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General, in pursuance of the Patents Act 1903, has been pleased to make the following Regulation, to come into force forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.

WILLIAM JOHN LYNE,

Minister for Trade and Customs.

Provisional Regulation under the Patents Act 1903.

Section 29.

Pending the commencement of the Patents Act 1903, the following Provisional Regulation shall have force:—

(1) The Patent Office shall, from the 26th day of February, 1904, be temporarily established at the Melbourne Exhibition Building, in the State of Victoria, instead of at the Commonwealth Public Offices, Spring-street, Melbourne, in the said State.

By Authority: J. Kemp, Acting Government Printer, Melbourne.

C.2816.

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