WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION  
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE  
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO  IP/N/1/NZL/P/1/Add.2 
19 July 2004 
 (04-3081) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English/ 
 anglais/  inglés 
 
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND 
REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 
OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
NEW ZEALAND 
 
Addendum
 
 
 The present document reproduces the text1 of the following laws and regulations, as notified by New 
Zealand under Article 63.2 of the Ag reement (see document IP/N/1/NZL/4 ): 
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-  Patents Amendment Act 1999 2 
- Patents Amendment Act 2002 3 
 
 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce  
 
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET RÉGLEMENTATIONS CONSACRÉES À LA 
PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIÉES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
 
NOUVELLE-ZÉLANDE 
 
Addendum  
 
 Le présent document contient le texte1 des lois et réglementations ci-après, notifiées par la Nouvelle-Zélande 
au titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Acco rd (voir le document IP/N/1/NZL/4): 
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- Loi de 1999 portant modification de la Loi sur les brevets 2 
- Loi de 2002 portant modification de la Loi sur les brevets 3 
 
 
Consejo de los Aspectos de  los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relaciona dos con el Comercio  
 
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL 
NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD DEL PÁRRAFO 2 
DEL ARTÍCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
 
NUEVA ZELANDIA 
 
Addendum  
 
 En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 de las siguientes leyes y reglamentos, que Nueva Zelandia 
ha notificado en virtud del párrafo 2 del artículo 63 del Acuerdo (véase el documento IP/N/1/NZL/4): 
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- Ley de Modificación de la Ley de Patentes de 1999 2 
- Ley de Modificación de la Ley de Patentes de 2002 3 
                                                      
 1 In English only./En anglais seulement./En inglés solamente.   IP/N/1/NZL/P/1/Add.2 
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Patents Amendment Act 1999 
 
Public Act 1999 No 119 
Date of assent 14 October 1999 
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 An Act to amend the Patents Act 1953 
 
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows: 
 1 Short Title 
  
This Act may be cited as the Patents Amendment Act 1999, and is part of the Patents 
Act 1953 (“the principal Act”). 
 
1 Persons entitled to make application 
 
(1) Inserted words into s7(2) of principal Act. 
 (2) Subsection (1) is for the avoidance of doubt. 
 
2 Orders in Council as to convention countries 
 
(1) Substituted  s77 of principal Act.  
 
(1) Substituted  definition in s2(1) of principal Act.  
 
(2) Added  s2(3) to principal Act.  
 
(4) The substitution by subsection (1) of a new section 77 of the principal Act for 
the existing section does not affect any order made under the existing section; 
and any such order may
 be amended or revoked by an order made under the 
substituted section.  
  IP/N/1/NZL/P/1/Add.2 
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 Patents Amendment Act 2002 
 
Date of Assent 19 December 2002  
 
 
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:  
 
1 Title  
 
(1) This Act is the Patents Amendment Act 2002.  
 
(2) In this Act, the Patents Act 1953 is called "the principal Act".   
 
2 Commencement  
 
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal 
assent.   
3 New section 68B inserted  
 
The principal Act is amended by inserting, after section 68A, the following section:  
 "68B Regulatory review exception  
 
It is not an infringement of a patent for a person to make, use, exercise, or vend the 
invention concerned solely for uses reasonably related to the development and 
submission of information required under Ne w Zealand law or the law of any other 
country that regulates the manufacture, construction, use, or sale of any product."
  
 
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