The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

Made: 17th October 1993

Laid before Parliament: 20th October 1993

Coming into force: 10th November 1993

The Secretary of State, being designated[^f00001] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972[^f00002] in relation to the conferment and protection of exclusive rights in the topographies of semiconductor products, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said section 2(2), hereby makes the following Regulations:

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Design Right (Semiconductor Topo– graphies) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 10th November 1993.

2

The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989[^f00003] shall be amended by substituting for the Schedule thereto the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

SCHEDULE

Signed

Patrick McLoughlin — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department of Trade and Industry — 17th October 1993

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations replace the Schedule to the Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989 with two new Parts to show the current position on the additional classes of qualifying persons enjoying legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products. The addition of Liechtenstein to the Part II countries gives effect to Council Decision 90/511/EEC (O.J. No. L285, 17.10.1990, page 31). The United States of America is included in that Part by virtue of Council Decision 93/16/ EEC (O.J. No. L11, 19.1.93, page 20), and Commission Decision 93/217/EEC (O.J. No. L94, 20.4.93, page 30). Iceland and Norway, which were shown under Part III of the earlier Schedule (which related to citizens, subjects and habitual residents only of the countries specified) are now shown under Part II by virtue of Council Decision 93/17/ EEC (O.J. No. L11, 19.1.93, page 22). With these changes, no countries remain in Part III of the earlier Schedule and accordingly that Part is omitted from the new Schedule.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1987/448.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1989/1100; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1991/2237 and 1992/400.