S.I. No. 329/2012 - Patents (Amendment) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012.

1. This Order may be cited as the Patents (Amendment) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012.

2. The 3rd day of September 2012 is appointed as the day on which the

Patents (Amendment) Act 2012

(No. 1 of 2012) comes into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

2 September 2012.

RICHARD BRUTON,

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order appoints 3 September 2012 as the date on which the

Patents (Amendment) Act 2012

comes into operation.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

7

th September

, 2012.

I, RICHARD BRUTON, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 5

(3) of the

Patents (Amendment) Act 2012

(No. 1 of 2012), hereby order as follows