Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00944:reg:6:p36
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00944
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 36/73)
Character Range: 243101–245970

satisfied are appropriate for an attorney to undertake as a means of maintaining the currency of his or her professional qualifications.
 (2) The Board may publish guidelines setting out criteria for deciding whether or not activities are likely to be appropriate for an attorney to undertake as a means of maintaining the currency of his or her professional qualifications.
 (3) A person who is both a registered patent attorney and a registered trade marks attorney must, in the 12 months immediately before the date on which the attorney applies for renewed registration, have completed 15 hours of activities that the Designated Manager is satisfied are appropriate for an attorney to undertake as a means of maintaining the currency of his or her professional qualifications.
 (4) In this regulation:
renewed registration means an application by a registered patent attorney to renew his or her registration, other than the first application to renew his or her registration.

20.25  Method of demonstrating that continuing professional education has been undertaken
 (1) In making an application for a renewed registration, a registered patent attorney must:
 (a) give the Designated Manager a written statement made by the attorney that states that the attorney has met the requirements of this Part; and
 (b) have kept written records in relation to each continuing professional education activity on which the attorney relies.
 (2) For paragraph (1)(b), the records must:
 (a) enable an assessment of the activity to confirm that the activity meets the requirements of this Part; and
 (b) be produced to the Designated Manager on request; and
 (c) be kept until 3 years after the end of the registration period during which the activity was completed.

Part 6—Removal of attorney's name from Register of Patent Attorneys

20.26  Voluntary removal of name from Register of Patent Attorneys
  The Designated Manager must, on the written request of a registered patent attorney, remove the attorney's name from the Register of Patent Attorneys.

20.27  Failure to pay annual registration fee
  If a registered patent attorney does not pay the annual registration fee by 31 July in the year in which the fee is payable, the Designated Manager must:
 (a) remove the name of the attorney from the Register of Patent Attorneys; and
 (b) notify the attorney of that removal.

20.28  Failure to comply with continuing professional education requirements
 (1) If a registered patent attorney fails to comply with the requirements applicable to the attorney under subregulation 20.25(1) or (2), the Designated Manager may remove the attorney's name from the Register of Patent Attorneys for a period not exceeding 6 months.
 (2) If a registered patent attorney, without reasonable excuse:
 (a) provides a written statement under paragraph 20.25(1)(a) that is false in a