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PATENTS REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 20.12

Prescribed offences

             (1)  An offence against any of the following Acts is a prescribed offence for paragraph 198(4)(e) of the Act:

                     (a)  the Act;

                     (b)  the Designs Act 2003 ;

                     (c)  the Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994 ;

                     (d)  the Trade Marks Act 1995 ;

                     (e)  the Designs Act 1953 of New Zealand;

                      (f)  the Patents Act 1953 of New Zealand;

                     (g)  the Patents Act 2013 of New Zealand;

                     (h)  the Plant Variety Rights Act 1987 of New Zealand;

                      (i)  the Trade Marks Act 2002 of New Zealand.

             (2)  An offence of dishonesty for which the maximum penalty is imprisonment for at least 2 years is a prescribed offence for paragraph 198(4)(f) of the Act.

Note:          Subsection 198(4) of the Act provides that the Designated Manager must register as a patent attorney a person who satisfies certain conditions. Paragraph 198(4)(e) requires that a person not have been convicted of a prescribed offence during the previous 5 years. Paragraph 198(4)(f) requires that a person not be under sentence of imprisonment for a prescribed offence.

   



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