Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated RegulationsIn this Part:
" Code of Conduct " means the document titled 'Code of Conduct for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys' published by the Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys, as existing on 1 July 2008.
"conduct" includes an act and an omission.
"former attorney" means a person whose registration as a patent attorney has been suspended or cancelled under this Part.
professional misconduct means:
(a) unsatisfactory professional conduct that involves a substantial or consistent failure to reach reasonable standards of competence and diligence; or
(b) any other conduct, whether occurring in connection with practice as an attorney or otherwise, that shows that the attorney is not of good fame, integrity and character; or
(c) any contravention of a law that is declared by these Regulations to be professional misconduct.
"unsatisfactory professional conduct" includes conduct, in connection with practice as a registered patent attorney, that falls short of the standard of competence, diligence and behaviour that a member of the public is entitled to expect of an attorney.