S.I. No. 196 of 2009

PATENTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2006 (CERTAIN PROVISIONS) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 26th May, 2009.

I, MARY COUGHLAN, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 51(2) of the Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 (No. 31 of 2006), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 (Certain Provisions) (Commencement) Order 2009.

2. The 21st day of May 2009 is appointed as the day on which the provisions of the Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 (No. 31 of 2006) specified in the Schedule come into operation.

SCHEDULE

Sections 6, 8, 9, 26, 27, 28 and 30.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

21st May 2009

MARY COUGHLAN,

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

This Order appoints 21st May 2009 as the date on which specified provisions of the Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 , arising from the commencement of the Patent (Amendment) Rules 2009, come into operation.