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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2013 No. 539
DESIGNS
The Designs (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 2013
Made        -      -       -      - 13th March 2013
Coming into force        -      - 6th April 2013
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of March 2013
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, in exercise of the powers conferred upon
Her by sections 13(1) and 37(5) of the Registered Designs Act 1949 (1), makes the following Order:
Citation and Commencement
1.This Order may be cited as the Designs (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 2013 and
comes into force on the 6th April 2013.
Amendments to the Designs (Convention Countries) Order 2007
2.—(1)  The Designs (Convention Countries) Order 2007 (2) (“the 2007 Order”) is amended as
follows.
(2)  In the list of countries set out in the Schedule to the 2007 Order:
(a)after “Saint Vincent and the Grenadines” insert “Samoa”; and
(b)after “Uzbekistan” insert “Vanuatu”.
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council
(1)1949 c.88 .
(2)S.I.2007/277 , amended by S.I. 2009/2747 .Document Generated: 2017-09-08
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Designs (Convention Countries) Order 2007 ( S.I. 2007/277 ) under powers
conferred by sections 13(1) and 37(5) of the Registered Designs Act 1949 to fulfil the international
obligations of the United Kingdom as a member of the World Trade Organisation (‘WTO’) Samoa
became a member of the WTO on the 10th May 2012 and Vanuatu on the 24th August 2012. This
Order declares that Samoa and Vanuatu are convention countries for the purposes of the Registered
Designs Act 1949.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs
of business.
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