(1)The Secretary of State may by order make provision for giving effect in the United Kingdom to the provisions of the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs adopted by the Diplomatic Conference on 2 July 1999.
(2)An order under this section may, in particular, make provision about—
(a)the making of applications for international registrations at the Patent Office;
(b)the procedures to be followed where an international registration designates the United Kingdom;
(c)the effect of an international registration which designates the United Kingdom;
(d)the communication of information to the International Bureau;
(e)the payment of fees.
(3)An order under this section may—
(a)amend this Act;
(b)apply specified provisions of this Act with such modifications as may be specified.
(4)An expression used in subsection (2) and in the Agreement referred to in subsection (1) has the same meaning in that subsection as it has in the Agreement.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 15ZA inserted (1.10.2014) by Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18), ss. 8(1), 24(1); S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.