Statutory Instrument 1994 No. 2550 (C.52)

The Trade Marks Act 1994 (Commencement) Order 1994

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1994 No. 2550 (C.52)

TRADE MARKS

The Trade Marks Act 1994 (Commencement) Order 1994

Made	29th September 1994

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 109 of the Trade Marks Act 1994^[1], hereby makes the following Order:—

    1.    This Order may be cited as the Trade Marks Act 1994 (Commencement) Order 1994.

    2.    All the provisions of the Trade Marks Act 1994 ("the Act") shall come into force on 31st October 1994; and, accordingly, for the purposes of subsection (2) of the said section 109, that date shall be the date of commencement in respect of the references to commencement of the Act in Schedules 3 and 4 to the Act (transitional provisions and consequential amendments).

    3.—(1)  The provisions of the Act specified in the Schedule to this Order shall come into force forthwith for the purpose only of enabling the making of subordinate legislation thereunder, by the authority shown in relation to those provisions, expressed to come into force on 31st October 1994.

    (2)  Section 66(1) (power of registrar to require use of forms and give directions as to their use) and section 80(1) and (3) (power of the registrar to give directions as to the hours of business and business days) of the Act shall come into force forthwith for the purpose of enabling the registrar to exercise his powers thereunder, the same being effective on 31st October 1994.

Ian Taylor

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry

29th September 1994

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Notes:

[1] 1994 c. 26.

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