STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS . 
 
 
 
 
S.I. No. 587 of 2019  
 
 
 
 
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INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2019  
 
  
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 S.I. No.  587 of 2019 
 
INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2019  
 
I, HEATHER HUMPHREYS, Minister for Business, Enterprise and 
Innovation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Section 85 of the 
Industrial Designs Act 2001  (No. 39 of 2001) (as adapted by the Jobs, 
Enterprise and Innovation (Alter ation of Name of Department and Title of 
Minister) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 364 of 2017)), hereby make the following 
regulations : 
 
Citation and commencement . 
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Industrial Designs (Amendment) 
Regulations 2019 and shall come into operation on 2 December 2019 . 
 
Definition.  
2. In these R egulations - 
“Act” means the Industrial Designs Act 2001 (No.39 of 2001) ; 
“Principal Regulations” means the Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (as 
amended) (S.I. No. 280 of 2002), and except wher e the context otherwise 
requires, a reference to a Regulation is a reference to a Regulation of those 
Regulations . 
 
Amendment of Regulation  3. 
3. Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended in paragraph (1) 
by the substitution of the following def inition for the definition of “Office”  
 “Office means the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland;”  
 
Amendment of Regulation  30. 
4. Regulation 30 of the Principal Regulations is amended in paragraph (1) 
by the substitution of “the Office” for “the Patents Office”.  
 
Amendment of Regulation  31. 
5. Regulation 31 of the Principal Regulations is amended in paragraphs 
(2)(a); (2)(b) and (2)(c), by the substitution of “the Office” for “the Patents 
Office”.  
 
Amendment of Regulation  48. 
6. Regulation 48 of the Principal Regulations is amended by - 
Notice of the making of t his Statutory Instrument was published in  
“Iris Oifigi úil” of 29th November , 2019 . 
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 (a) the substitution of “court” for “Court” in the title of this 
Regulation , and  
(b) the substitution of “the  appropriate court” for “the Court” . 
 
Amendment of Regulation  49. 
7. Regulation 49 of the Principal Regulation s is amended - 
(a) by the substitution of “court” for “ Court” in the title of this 
Regulation , and  
(b) in paragraph (1) by the substitution of “the  appropriate court” 
for “the Court” . 
 
 
 
 
 GIVEN under my Official Seal,  
26 November, 2019 . 
 
HEATHER HUMPHREYS,  
Minister for Business, Enterprise and 
Innovation . 
 
  
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 EXPLANATORY NOTE  
 
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal 
interpretation ) 
 
The amendments to Regulations 3, 30 and 31 change the title of the Patents 
Office, subsequent to the changes made in relation to the renaming of the 
Patents Office in the Copyright and Other Intellectual Pro perty Law Provisions 
Act 2 019. 
 
Subsequent to the changes made in relation to the courts in the Copyright and 
Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019, the amendments to 
Regulations 48 and 49 provide that IP proceedings may take place in the 
relevant court.  
 
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