Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A request under subsection 54(1) of the Act must be in the approved form.
(2) For the purposes of subsection 54(1) of the Act, the Commissioner must publish the notice as soon as practicable after:
(a) being asked by the applicant to publish the notice; and
(b) the relevant abstract is finally completed; and
(c) if a direction has been given under subregulation 3.2A(1) -- the direction has been complied with.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph 54(3 )( b) of the Act, the prescribed period is from the day of filing of the specification to the end of 18 months after:
(b) the date of making the earliest priority document referred to in regulation 3.12;
whichever is earlier.