Patents (Patent Cooperation Treaty Regulations) Regulations (Repeal)

This regulation is a housekeeping measure that cleans up the statute books by removing outdated patent rules.

Specifically, 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.

What this means:

The 1982 rules are deleted entirely
No new rules are introduced by this instrument
Patent applications filed under the PCT will now be handled under other legislation (likely the Patents Act 1952 itself or newer regulations)

This 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.

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Statutory Rules 1987 No. 2481

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Patents (Patent Cooperation Treaty Regulations) Regulations (Repeal)

I, 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.

Dated 22 October 1987.

J. A. ROWLAND

Administrator

By His Excellency’s Command,

BARRY JONES

Minister of State for Science and Small Business

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Repeal of the Patents (Patent Cooperation Treaty Regulations) Regulations

Statutory Rules 1982 No. 211 are repealed.

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Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 28 October 1987.

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Statutory Rules 1987 No. 2481

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Patents (Patent Cooperation Treaty Regulations) Regulations (Repeal)

I, 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.

Dated 22 October 1987.

J. A. ROWLAND

Administrator

By His Excellency’s Command,

BARRY JONES

Minister of State for Science and Small Business

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Repeal of the Patents (Patent Cooperation Treaty Regulations) Regulations

Statutory Rules 1982 No. 211 are repealed.

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NOTE

Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 28 October 1987.

Patents (Patent Cooperation Treaty Regulations) Regulations (Repeal)

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