Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PATENTS ACT 1990 - SECT 227A

             (1)  The Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys is established.

             (2)  The Professional Standards Board has the following functions:

                     (a)  such functions as are conferred on the Professional Standards Board by this Act or the Trade Marks Act 1995 ;

                     (b)  such functions as are conferred on the Professional Standards Board by regulations made for the purposes of any of the following provisions:

                              (i)  paragraph 198(4)(b) of this Act (which deals with the qualifications of patent attorneys);

                             (ii)  section 199 of this Act (which deals with the deregistration of patent attorneys);

                            (iii)  paragraph 228(2)(r) of this Act (which deals with the professional conduct of patent attorneys);

                            (iv)  paragraph 228A(4)(a) of the Trade Marks Act 1995 (which deals with the qualifications of trade marks attorneys);

                             (v)  section 228B of the Trade Marks Act 1995 (which deals with the deregistration of trade marks attorneys);

                            (vi)  paragraph 231(2)(ha) of the Trade Marks Act 1995 (which deals with the professional conduct of trade marks attorneys);

                     (c)  to do anything incidental to or conducive to the performance of any of the above functions.

             (3)  The regulations may make provision for and in relation to:

                     (a)  the constitution and membership of the Professional Standards Board; and

                     (b)  the manner in which the Professional Standards Board is to perform its functions; and

                     (c)  the procedure to be followed at or in relation to meetings of the Professional Standards Board, including (but not limited to) matters with respect to:

                              (i)  the convening of meetings of the Board; and

                             (ii)  the number of members of the Board who are to constitute a quorum; and

                            (iii)  the selection of a member of the Board to preside at a meeting of the Board; and

                            (iv)  the manner in which questions arising at a meeting of the Board are to be decided.

             (4)  A member of the Professional Standards Board is to be paid such remuneration as is determined by the Remuneration Tribunal. If no determination of that remuneration by the Tribunal is in operation, the member is to be paid such remuneration as is prescribed.

             (5)  A member of the Professional Standards Board is to be paid such allowances as are prescribed.

             (6)  Subsections (4) and (5) have effect subject to the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 .