Trade Marks Act 2002

Administrative provisions and miscellaneous - Miscellaneous - Regulation-making powers

200: Orders in Council relating to convention countries

You could also call this:

"Declaring countries as part of trade mark agreements"

The Governor-General can make an Order in Council to say that a country is a 'convention country' for some or all parts of the Trade Marks Act 2002. This happens when New Zealand is part of an international agreement, or when an agreement applies to New Zealand. The Order in Council names the country that is part of the agreement or that the agreement applies to.

An Order in Council made for this purpose is called secondary legislation. You can find out more about how this type of law is published by looking at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Business > Intellectual property

199A: Regulations: Madrid Protocol, or

"Rules for registering trademarks in different countries"

201: Acts amended, or

"This part tells you which other laws are changed by this Act"

Part 5Administrative provisions and miscellaneous
Miscellaneous: Regulation-making powers

200Orders in Council relating to convention countries

For the purpose of giving effect to an international agreement or arrangement to which New Zealand is a party or that applies to New Zealand, the Governor-General may, by Order in Council, declare that an entity specified in the order that is a party to the agreement or arrangement or to which the agreement or arrangement applies is, for the purposes of all or any of the provisions of this Act, a convention country.
An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Notes

Section 200(2): inserted, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).