Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) This regulation applies if, under subsection 36 (1) of the Act:
(a) the Commissioner declares a person to be an eligible person; and
(b) the person makes a complete application under section 29 of the Act.
(2) The priority date of a claim of the specification in respect of that application, being a claim that is fairly based on matter disclosed in the specification referred to in paragraph 36 (1) (c) of the Act and referred to in the declaration, is:
(a) if that specification is a complete specification -- the priority date of the claim or the date that would have been the priority date of the claim if the claim had been a claim of the specification; and
(b) if that specification is a provisional specification -- the date of filing of the provisional specification.