Commonwealth Numbered Acts

JURISDICTION OF COURTS (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) ACT 1979 No. 19 of 1979 - SECT 69

69. Section 66 of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by adding at the end of sub-section (1) ''in accordance with section
160''; and

   (b)  by omitting sub-section (3) and substituting the following
        sub-section:

''(3) Where the sealing of a patent is delayed by-

   (a)  opposition to the grant of the patent;

   (b)  the taking of proceedings for obtaining the decision of the
        Commissioner under section 63;

   (c)  an appeal to a prescribed court; or

   (d)  an application to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal,

that patent, and any patent of addition the sealing of which is delayed in
consequence of the delay in the sealing of the first-mentioned patent, may be
sealed at such time as-

   (e)  in a case to which paragraph (a) or (b) applies-the Commissioner
        directs;

   (f)  in a case to which paragraph (c) applies-the court, or any court to
        which a further appeal is brought, directs, or, if the appeal or any
        such further appeal is discontinued, the Commissioner directs; or

   (g)  in a case to which paragraph (d) applies-the Tribunal, or a court to
        which an appeal arising out of the decision of the Tribunal is
        brought, directs, or, if the proceedings before the Tribunal are, or
        any such appeal is, discontinued, as the Commissioner directs.''.