24 Government Gazette 25 August 2016 Act No. 8, 2016 “(b) 6105 BUSINESS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AUTHORITY ACT, 2016 the application fee as determined by BIPA; and”; (e) by the deletion of paragraph (d) of section 61; (f) by the substitution of the following section for section 62: “Recommendations by BIPA BIPA may make recommendations to the Minister in regard to 62. any amendments to this Act and shall advise the Minister on any matter referred to it by the Minister.”. 4. Amendment of the Industrial Property Act, 2012 (Act No. 1 of 2012) The Industrial Property Act, 2012 is amended (a) by the substitution of the word “Board” for the word “Minister” wherever it appears in the Act, except in sections 1, 85, 212, 215, 218, 219, 227, 234, 236 and 241; (b) in section 1 (i) by the insertion after the definition of “ARIPO” of the following definitions: ““BIPA” means the Business and Intellectual Property Authority established by section 3 of BIPA Act; “BIPA Act” means the Business and Intellectual Property Authority Act, 2016 (Act No. 8 of 2016); “Board” means the Board of BIPA constituted under section 8 of BIPA Act;”; (ii) by the deletion of the definitions of “Office” and “official”; (iii) by the substitution of the expression “Registration Office” for the expression “Office” wherever it appears in the Act; (iv) by the substitution of the expression “staff member” for the expression “official” wherever it appears in the Act; (v) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “Registrar”: “Registrar” means the Registrar of business and industrial property as defined in section 1 of BIPA Act;”; (vi) by the insertion after the definition of “Registrar” of the following definition: ““Registration Office” means the Registration Office as defined in section 1 of BIPA Act;”; and

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