Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) The Commissioner may, within 1 month from the filing date for a provisional patent application (worked out under regulation 3.5), direct the applicant to do anything necessary to ensure that the provisional specification complies with the requirements mentioned in subsection 29(4) of the Act.
(2) If an applicant to whom a direction has been given under
subregulation (1) does not comply with the direction within 2 months
from the date of the direction, the provisional specification is taken not to
have been filed.