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Statutory Instruments
1993 No. 1257
DESIGNS
The Designs (Convention Countries) Order 1993
Made
12th May 1993
Coming into force
14th June 1993
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of May 1993
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of powers conferred upon Her by section 13(1) of the Registered Designs Act 1949(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the Designs (Convention Countries) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 14th June 1993.
2. Belarus, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, the Russian Federation and the Ukraine are convention countries for the purposes of all the provisions of the Registered Designs Act 1949.
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
The Governments of Belarus, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, the Russian Federation and the Ukraine have given notice of their respective accessions as such to the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (as revised at Stockholm in 1967) (Cmnd. 4431). This Order declares each of those countries to be a convention country for the purposes of the Registered Designs Act 1949.