Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) A document that is received for filing must be marked by the Registrar with the date on which it is received.
(2) If the Trade Marks Office or a sub - office (if any) provides a facility for the receipt of documents (other than documents filed electronically), when the Trade Marks Office or sub - office (if any) is not open to the public for business, a document received by means of that facility is taken to have been received on the day on which the Trade Marks Office or sub - office (if any) was last open to the public for business before the document was received.
(3) Except as otherwise provided by the Act or these regulations, a document is taken to be filed at the Trade Marks Office on the date on which it is received by the Trade Marks Office.