IP/N/1/NZL/15, IP/N/1/NZL/C/8  
IP/N/1/NZL/P/10, IP/N/1/NZL/T/7  
IP/N/1/NZL/O/1  
8 April 2021  
(21-2923)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
NEW ZEALAND : COMPREHENSIVE AND PROGRESSIVE AGREEMENT FOR  
TRANS -PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP AMENDMENT ACT 2018  
Notifying Member  NEW ZEALAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans -Pacific Partnership 
Amendment Act 2018  
Subject matter  Copyright and related rights; Trademarks; Patents (including plant variety 
protection); Other  
Nature of 
notification  [  ] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[X] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2021/IP/NZL/21_1861_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/NZL/P/5, IP/N/1/NZL/5 ; IP/N/1/NZL/T/4 ; IP/N/1/NZL/C/1  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Amends the Copyright Act 1994, Patents Act 2013 and Trade Marks Act 2002 to implement 
New Zealand's commitments under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans -Pacific 
Partnership . 
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  12 November 2018;  
 
(1)  This Act comes into force on a date appointed by the Governor -General 
by Order in Council on the recommendation of the Minister for Trade 
and Export Growth.  
 
(2)  One or more orders may be made bringing different provisions into 
force on different dates a nd appointing different dates for different 
purposes.  
 
(3)  However, the date appointed for the following provisions to come into 
force must not be earlier than the date on which the Trans -Pacific IP/N/1/NZL/15 • IP/N/1/NZL/C/8 • IP/N/1/NZL/P/10 • IP/N/1/NZL/T/7 • IP/N/1/NZL/O/1  
 
- 2 - 
 
  Partnership Agreement, done at Auckland on 4 February 2016,  enters 
into force for New Zealand:  
 
  (a)  sections 4 to 8, 28, 38, 39, 40(3) and (4), and 41 to 43 
  (which amend the Copyright Act 1994):  
 
  (b)  sections 73 to 76 (which amend the Patents Act 2013).  
 
Section 2: replaced, on 26 October 2018, by section 6 of the Trans -Pacific 
Partnership Agreement (CPTPP) Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 41).  
 
Section 2(1): sections 3, 9 –27, 29 –37, 37A –37G, 40(1), (2), (5), (6), 44(1) –
(4), (9), 71, 72, 77, 89, 90(2), 91(2), and Parts 4 –6, 8, 10, 11 brought into 
force, on 30 December 2018, by clause 2 of the Comprehensive and 
Progressive Agreement for Trans -Pacific Partnership Amendment Act 2018 
Commencement Order 2018 (LI 2018/227).  
 
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  5 March 2021  
Other information   
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade  
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.