STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS. 
S.I. No. 329 of 2012 
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PATENTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2012 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 
2012 2 [329]
 
S.I. No. 329 of 2012 
PATENTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2012 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 
2012 
I, RICHARD BRUTON, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, in 
exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 5(3) of the Patents 
(Amendment) Act 2012 (No. 1 of 2012), hereby order as follows: 
1. This Order may be cited as the Patents (Amendment) Act 2012 
(Commencement) Order 2012. 
2. The 3rd day of September 2012 is appointed as the day on which the Pat­
ents (Amendment) Act 2012 (No. 1 of 2012) comes into operation. 
GIVEN under my Official Seal, 
2 September 2012. 
RICHARD BRUTON,
 
Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.
 
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in 
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 7th September, 2012. [329] 3 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal 
interpretation.) 
This Order appoints 3 September 2012 as the date on which the Patents 
(Amendment) Act 2012 comes into operation. BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH
 
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