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the applicant does not comply with the notification within the period required by subregulation (2E).

Effect of corrections
 (2G) An error or omission in a translation of a specification of a PCT application, or the filing of a corrected translation of a specification of a PCT application, does not have the effect that the requirements of subsection 29A(5) of the Act have not been met in relation to the application.
 (2H) The filing of a corrected translation of a specification of a PCT application in accordance with this regulation is not an amendment for the purposes of subsection 29A(3) of the Act.

Copy of application
 (3) For paragraph 29A(5)(b) of the Act, if a PCT application has not been published under Article 21 of the PCT, a copy of the application is a prescribed document.
 (4) In subregulations (1) and (3):
PCT application includes:
 (a) an amendment under Article 19 or 34 of the PCT; and
 (b) a rectification under Rule 91 of the PCT.

3.5AG  Convention application—prescribed particulars
 (1) For paragraph 29B(4)(a) of the Act, the following particulars are prescribed in relation to a relevant basic application:
 (a) the country in which the application was made;
 (b) the number allocated to the application by the foreign patent office of the Convention country in which the application was made;
 (c) the date the application was made.
 (2) A reference to a country or a Convention country in subregulation (1) includes an intergovernmental authority to the extent that Rule 4.10 of the PCT permits for a PCT application.
Note: An example for subregulation (2) is that the PCT allows the European Patent Office to be specified for a regional application instead of a particular Convention country.

3.5B  Filing of documents outside business hours
  The Patent Office and each sub‑office of the Patent Office (if any) may provide facilities for the filing of documents when the Office or sub‑office is not open to the public for business.

3.6  Requests to make determinations between interested parties
  For section 32 of the Act, a request must:
 (a) be in the approved form; and
 (b) have with it a notice, by the person making the request, stating the grounds on which the request is made.

3.7  Form of certain applications
  For the purposes of paragraphs 35(1)(b) and 36(1)(b) of the Act, an application must:
 (a) be in the approved form; and
 (b) have with it a notice by the applicant stating the grounds on which the application is made.

3.8  Time within which applications are to be made following certain decisions and declarations
  An application under section 29 of the Act must be made:
 (a) in the case of an application of the kind described