48Convention countries

##### 48 Convention countries (1) The Governor‑General may make regulations declaring that a country specified in the regulations is a Convention country for the purposes of this Act. (2) The Governor‑General may make regulations declaring a part of the Queen’s dominions which has made satisfactory provision for the protection in that part of designs to be a Convention country for the purposes of this Act. (3) Where the Governor‑General makes regulations declaring that an application made in a foreign country for protection in respect of a design is, in accordance with the terms of a treaty subsisting between 2 or more Convention countries, equivalent to an application made in one of those Convention countries, the first‑mentioned application shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been made in that Convention country. (4) Where the Governor‑General makes regulations declaring that an application made in a foreign country for protection in respect of a design is, in accordance with the law of a Convention country, equivalent to an application made in that Convention country, the first‑mentioned application shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been made in that Convention country.