Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1991 No. 71 PATENTS REGULATIONS - REG 20.3

20.3 For the purposes of subsection 198 (2) of the Act ("registration of
patent attorneys"):

   (a)  the prescribed subjects that a person must have passed are those
        specified in column 2 of Schedule 5; and

   (b)  the prescribed qualifications that a person must have are that the
        person:

        (i)    is of good fame and character; and

        (ii)   has satisfied the Board that he or she has been awarded, or is
               entitled to be awarded, a qualification referred to in column 2
               of Schedule 6; and

   (c)  the prescribed employment is employment as a technical assistant in
        the conduct of the practice of a patent attorney in matters arising
        under the Act or the 1952 Act; and

   (d)  the prescribed period of that employment is:

        (i)    1 continuous period of not less than 1 year; or

        (ii)   periods within a continuous period of 2 years that total not
               less than 1 year.