Statutory Rules 1993   No. 3401
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Patents Regulations2 (Amendment)
I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Patents Act 1990.
Dated 2 December 1993.

	BILL HAYDEN
	Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,

C. SCHACHT
Minister for Science and Small Business
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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.]

2.   Regulation 5.10 (Conduct of proceedings to which this Chapter applies)
2.1   Subregulation 5.10 (2):
Omit “(a);.”, substitute “(a).”.
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.”.
4.   Regulation 22.8 (Costs)
4.1   Subregulation 22.8 (1):
After “costs” (first occurring), insert “in proceedings to which this Division applies”.
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
Côte 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

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
(b)	under subparagraph 5.10 (5) (c) (i) 	objecting to an application or 	proposed action”.

$100

$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”.	
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”.
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
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.