Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

PATENTS REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 5.25

  (1)   This regulation applies if:

  (a)   the Commissioner directs an applicant to file a statement of proposed amendments under subsection   107(1) of the Act; and

  (b)   a period for filing a document under this Chapter begins or ends during the amendment period.

  (2)   The period for filing the document is extended by the equivalent of the amendment period.

  (3)   In this regulation:

"amendment period" means the period that:

  (a)   begins on the day the applicant is given an opportunity to be heard under subsection   107(2) of the Act; and

  (b)   ends on the day the Commissioner decides whether to allow the amendment.