Joint Standing Committee on Treaties

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

Report 96 Treaties tabled on 16 September 2008

Partial Revision of the 2004 Radio Regulations, as incorporated in the International Telecommunications Union Final Acts of the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-O7) (Geneva, 16 November 2007)

Agreement with WIPO in relation to the functioning of the Australian Patent Office as an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, to be done at Geneva during December 2008

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November 2008

Canberra

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Membership of the Committee
Resolution of appointment
List of abbreviations
List of recommendations
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Partial Revision of the 2004 Radio Regulations, as incorporated in the International Telecommunication Union Final Acts of the World Radiocommunication Conference 2007 (WRC-07)
Chapter 3 Agreement with WIPO for the Australian Patent Office to function as an ISA and IPEA under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
Appendix A - Submissions
Appendix B - Witnesses

Membership of the Committee

Chair	Mr Kelvin Thomson MP
Deputy Chair	Senator Julian McGauran
Members	Hon Kevin Andrews MP	Senator Simon Birmingham
	Mr John Forrest MP	Senator Michaelia Cash
	Ms Jill Hall MP	Senator Don Farrell
	Ms Belinda Neal MP	Senator Scott Ludlam
	Ms Melissa Parke MP	Senator Louise Pratt
	Mr Luke Simpkins MP	Senator Dana Wortley
	Mr Chris Trevor MP
	Ms Maria Vamvakinou MP

Committee Secretariat

Secretary	Russell Chafer
Inquiry Secretaries	Kevin Bodel
	Sonya Fladun
	Julia Searle
Administrative Officers	Emma Martin
	Dorota Cooley

Resolution of appointment

The Resolution of Appointment of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties allows it to inquire into and report on:

matters arising from treaties and related National Interest Analyses and proposed treaty actions and related Explanatory Statements presented or deemed to be presented to the Parliament;
any question relating to a treaty or other international instrument, whether or not negotiated to completion, referred to the committee by:

either House of the Parliament, or
a Minister; and

List of abbreviations

ACMA	Australian Communications Media Authority
AIS	Aeronautical Identification System
ARSP	Australian Radiofrequency Spectrum Plan
EESS	Earth-exploration Satellite Service
GMDSS	Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
HAPS	High Altitude Platform Stations
IMT	International Mobile Telecommunications
IPEA	International Preliminary Examining Authority
ISA	International Searching Authority
ITU	International Telecommunications Union
NIA	National Interest Analysis
PCT	Patent Cooperation Treaty
WIPO	World Intellectual Property Organization
WRC-07	World Radiocommunications Conference 2007

List of recommendations

2 Partial Revision of the 2004 Radio Regulations, as incorporated in the International Telecommunication Union Final Acts of the World Radiocommunication Conference 2007 (WRC-07)

Recommendation 1

The Committee supports the Partial Revision of the 2004 Radio Regulations, as incorporated in the International Telecommunication Union Final Acts of the World Radiocommunication Conference 2007 (WRC-07) and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

3 Agreement with WIPO for the Australian Patent Office to function as an ISA and IPEA under the Patent Cooperation Treaty

Recommendation 2

The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in relation to the functioning of the Australian Patent Office as an International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority under the Patent Cooperation Treaty and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.