Trade Marks Act 2002

Administrative provisions and miscellaneous - Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners of Trade Marks

175: Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners of Trade Marks

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"Appointing people to manage trademarks for New Zealand"

The chief executive of the Ministry must appoint a Commissioner of Trade Marks and as many Assistant Commissioners of Trade Marks as needed for this law to work properly. These appointments are made under the Public Service Act 2020.

The Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners work for the Ministry. They can be appointed to these roles on their own or along with other jobs they might have in the Ministry.

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Part 5Administrative provisions and miscellaneous
Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners of Trade Marks

175Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners of Trade Marks

The chief executive of the Ministry must appoint, under the Public Service Act 2020,—
the Commissioner of Trade Marks; and
as many Assistant Commissioners of Trade Marks as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act.

Those persons are employees of the Ministry, and those appointments may be made separately or in conjunction with any other office in the Ministry.

Notes

Section 175: replaced, on 16 September 2011, by section 24 of the Trade Marks Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 71).
Section 175(1): amended, on 7 August 2020, by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).