Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1987 No. 12 PATENT ATTORNEYS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 9

9. (1) A person who, immediately before the commencement of these Regulations,
was an elected member of the Board of Examiners of Patent Attorneys
established by the Patent Attorneys Regulations shall be, on the date of
commencement of these Regulations, a member of the Patent Attorneys
Professional Standards Board as if he or she had been elected under paragraph
5(1)(b) of those Regulations as amended by these Regulations and shall hold
office for the unexpired portion of the term for which he or she was elected
to the Board of Examiners of Patent Attorneys.

(2) A person who, immediately before the commencement of these Regulations was
an appointed member of the Board of Examiners of Patent Attorneys shall be, on
the date of commencement of these Regulations, a member of the Patent
Attorneys Professional Standards Board as if he or she had been appointed
under paragraph 5(1)(c) of the Patent Attorneys Regulations as amended by
these Regulations and shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the
period of 3 years commencing on the date of his or her appointment.

(3) Any determination made, or any instruction, notification, recognition or
approval given, by the Board of Examiners of Patent Attorneys and in force
immediately before the date of commencement of these Regulations, and any
certificate issued by that Board, has effect on and after that date as if it
had been made, given or issued, as the case may be, by the Patent Attorneys
Professional Standards Board under the Patent Attorneys Regulations as amended
by these Regulations.