Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) In this regulation:
"prescribed foreign country" means a country prescribed in regulation 3.21.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph 46 (1) (b) of the Act, the following applications are prescribed:
(a) a basic application in relation to the complete application;
(b) an application for a patent that claims the priority of the complete application or a provisional application associated with the complete application under section 38 of the Act;
(c) an application for a patent made in a prescribed foreign country that claims the priority of the application that is a basic application in relation to that complete application.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph 47 (1) (b) of the Act, an application prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 46 (1) (b) of the Act in relation to which a patent in English has been granted in a prescribed foreign country is prescribed.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph 46 (1) (d) of the Act, the prescribed ground is that the Commissioner reasonably considers it expedient to give the direction, having regard to the progress made in the examination of applications filed before the filing date of the application concerned.
(5) For the purposes of subsection 46 (2) and subsection 47 (1) of the Act, a request for each action must be in the approved form.
(6) The applicant must, on request by the Commissioner, file a copy of the specification relating to the patent referred to in paragraph 47 (1) (b) of the Act that is:
(a) certified by the competent authority of the prescribed foreign country by which the patent was granted; or
(b) otherwise verified to the reasonable satisfaction of the Commissioner;
before acceptance, unless the applicant makes a request under subsection 47 (2) of the Act.