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Reprint as at 14 April 2008

Geographical Indications Act 1994

Public Act	1994 No 125
Date of assent	9 December 1994

Geographical Indications Act 1994: repealed, on 14 April 2008, by section 62 of the Geographical Indications (Wine and Spirits) Registration Act 2006 (2006 No 60).

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.

This Act is administered in the Ministry of Commerce

Contents

1 Short Title and commencement

2 Interpretation

3 Meaning of specified goods

Restrictions on use of protected geographical indications

4 Restrictions relating to protected geographical indications

5 Exemptions from restrictions

6 Liability under general law not affected

Registration of geographical indications

8 Register of Protected Geographical Indications

10 Automatic registration

11 Alteration or removal of registration

12 Search and copies of Register

New Zealand geographical indications

13 Application to determine geographical indication

14 Geographical indications committee

15 Proceedings of committee

16 Notice of application

17 Making and notice of determination

17A Costs payable by applicant before determination published

18 Review of determination

19 Application for registration

Miscellaneous provisions

21 Amendment to New Zealand Geographic Board Act 1946

22 Amendment to Ombudsmen Act 1975

An Act to provide for the registration and protection of geographical indications in relation to goods

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows: