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PATENTS REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 20.1

Interpretation

         (1)   In this Chapter:

"AQF" means the Australian Qualifications Framework.

"Board" means the Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys.

"candidate" means a person who proposes or proposed to sit, or has sat, for an examination .

"Chairperson" means Chairperson of the Board .

"Disciplinary Tribunal" means the Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys Disciplinary Tribunal established by regulation 20.61.

"professional misconduct" has the meaning given by regulation 20.32.

"Register or Register of Patent Attorneys" means the register kept under section 198 of the Act.

"statement of skill" has the meaning given by regulation 20.11.

unqualified , in relation to a particular time, means:

                (a)    not holding one or more of the academic qualifications or knowledge requirements required for registration at that time by these Regulations; or

               (b)    not holding a qualification required for registration at that time by the former attorneys Regulations .

"unsatisfactory professional conduct" has the meaning given by regulation 20.32.

         (2)   For regulation 20.6, the higher education sector comprises:

                (a)    universities; and

               (b)    higher education institutions other than universities; and

                (c)    higher education providers.

   



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