PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1993 NO. 340 

PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1993 NO. 340 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.  Amendment  
2.  Regulation 5.10 (Conduct of proceedings to which this Chapter applies)  
3.  New regulation 22.7A  
4.  Regulation 22.8 (Costs)  
5.  Schedule 4 (Convention countries)  
6.  Schedule 7 (Fees)  
7.  Schedule 8 (Costs, expenses and allowances)  
8.  Application-effect of awards of expenses or allowances  


1993 No. 340 PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
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1. Amendment


  1.1 The Patents Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.
(NOTE:  These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act
1901, s. 48.)


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2. Regulation 5.10 (Conduct of proceedings to which this Chapter applies)


  2.1 Subregulation 5.10 (2):
Omit "(a);.", substitute "(a).".


1993 No. 340 PATENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
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3. New regulation 22.7A


  3.1 Before regulation 22.8, insert in Division 2 of Part 1 of Chapter 22:
Proceedings to which this Division applies
  "22.7A This Division applies to proceedings before the Commissioner.".


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4. Regulation 22.8 (Costs)


  4.1 Subregulation 22.8 (1):
After "costs" (first occurring), insert "in proceedings to which this Division
applies".


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5. Schedule 4 (Convention countries)


  5.1 Omit the Schedule, substitute:
                           SCHEDULE 4       Subregulation 8.5 (1)
                                              and regulation 11.1
                      CONVENTION COUNTRIES
                             PART 1
   CONVENTION COUNTRIES THAT ARE PRESCRIBED FOREIGN COUNTRIES
  Algeria
  Argentina
  Austria
  Bahamas
  Bangladesh
  Barbados
  Belarus
  Belgium
  Benin
  Bolivia
  Brazil
  Bulgaria
  Burkina Faso
  Burundi
  Cameroon
  Canada
  Central African Republic
  Chad
  Chile
  China
  Congo
  Cote d'Ivoire
  Croatia
  Cuba
  Cyprus
  Czech Republic
  Denmark (including Faroe Islands)
  Dominican Republic
  Egypt
  Finland
  France (including all Overseas Departments and Territories)
  Gabon
  Gambia
  Germany
  Ghana
  Greece
  Guinea
  Guinea-Bissau
  Haiti
  Holy See
  Hungary
  Iceland
  Indonesia
  Iran, Islamic Republic of
  Iraq
  Ireland
  Israel
  Italy
  Japan
  Jordan
  Kazakhstan
  Kenya
  Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
  Korea, Republic of
  Latvia
  Lebanon
  Lesotho
  Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
  Liechtenstein
  Luxembourg
  Madagascar
  Malawi
  Malaysia
  Mali
  Malta
  Mauritania
  Mauritius
  Mexico
  Moldova
  Monaco
  Mongolia
  Morocco
  Netherlands (including the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba)
  New Zealand (excluding the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau)
  Niger
  Nigeria
  Norway
  Philippines
  Poland
  Portugal
  Romania
  Russian Federation
  Rwanda
  San Marino
  Senegal
  Slovak Republic
  Slovenia
  South Africa
  Spain
  Sri Lanka
  Sudan
  Suriname
  Swaziland
  Sweden
  Switzerland
  Syrian Arab Republic
  Togo
  Trinidad and Tobago
  Tunisia
  Turkey
  Uganda
  Ukraine
  United Kingdom (including Hong Kong and the Isle of Man)
  United Republic of Tanzania
  United States of America (including all territories and
    possessions, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico)
  Uruguay
  Uzbekistan
  Viet Nam
  Yugoslavia
  Zaire
  Zambia
  Zimbabwe
                             PART 2
  CONVENTION COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT PRESCRIBED FOREIGN COUNTRIES
                             India


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6. Schedule 7 (Fees)


  6.1 Part 2 (General fees):
Item 14:
Omit the item, substitute:
  "14
      On making a representation to the Commissioner:
        (a) under subregulation 5.9 (3)  objecting to a proposed
      amendment; or
              $100
        (b) under subparagraph 5.10 (5) (c) (i)  objecting to an
      application or  proposed action".
              $100
  6.2 Part 2 (General fees):
Item 28:
Omit the item, substitute:
  "28
      For granting an extension of time, on a ground specified in
      paragraph 223 (2) (a) of the Act, greater than that applied
      for by the applicant-for each month, or part of a month, of
      extension granted
              $55 less any amount paid under paragraph (a) of
              item 27".


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7. Schedule 8 (Costs, expenses and allowances)


  7.1 Heading:
Omit "Regulation 22.8", substitute "Subregulation 20.30 (2) and regulation
22.8".
  7.2 Part 2 (Expenses and allowances):
Clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4:
Omit "Registrar" wherever it occurs, substitute, in each case, "Commissioner
or the Patent Attorneys Disciplinary Tribunal".


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8. Application-effect of awards of expenses or allowances


  8.1 An award of expenses or allowances made under subregulation 20.30 (2) or
paragraph 22.8 (2) (b) of the Patents Regulations on or after 1 July 1993 and
before the commencement of this regulation has effect on and from the
commencement of this regulation as if, at the time that the award was made,
Schedule 8 of the Patents Regulations had been amended in accordance with
subregulation 7.2 of these Regulations.


- NOTES


1993 No. 340*1* PATENTS REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT)



*1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 10 December 1993.
*2* Statutory Rules 1991 No. 71 as amended by 1991 No. 456; 1992 No. 148; 1993
Nos. 113 and 227.