Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) An application for registration as a patent attorney must be accompanied by the following:
(a) evidence that the applicant is ordinarily resident in Australia;
(b) evidence that the Board is satisfied that the applicant has, or is entitled to the award of, an academic qualification of a kind mentioned in regulation 20.6;
(c) evidence that the Board is satisfied that the applicant has the knowledge of intellectual property law and practice that is required for a person to practise as a patent attorney;
(d) one or more statements of skill, for the purposes of regulation 20.11;
(e) a statutory declaration, by the applicant, that he or she:
(i) has not, in the 5 years preceding the application, committed an offence prescribed by subregulation 20.12 (1); and
(ii) is not under sentence of imprisonment for an offence prescribed by subregulation 20.12 (2);
(f) a statutory declaration, by another person, that the applicant is of good fame, integrity and character.
(2) A statutory declaration under paragraph (1) (f) must contain details of the basis of the opinion that the applicant is of good fame, integrity and character .