Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1991 No. 71 PATENTS REGULATIONS - REG 20.45

20.45 (1) If a person constituting or acting as the Disciplinary Tribunal has
or acquires an interest that could conflict with the proper performance of his
or her functions in relation to proceedings he or she is to hear, the person:

   (a)  must tell the parties to the proceedings about the interest; and

   (b)  must not perform those functions without the consent of the parties.

(2) If such a person is unable to perform his or her functions because of a
conflict of interest, the Minister may in writing appoint another person to be
the Disciplinary Tribunal for the purpose of conducting or completing those
proceedings.

(3) A copy of the instrument of appointment must be published in the Official
Journal.

(4) A person so appointed may exercise all the powers and must perform all of
the functions of the Disciplinary Tribunal in relation to those proceedings.