Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00455:section:214a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00455
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 214A
Character Range: 245837–246525

214A  Approved means of filing documents
 (1) For the purposes of section 214, the Commissioner may, by writing, determine one or more means for filing a document with the Patent Office.
 (2) The means may be an electronic means or any other means.
 (3) The Commissioner must publish a notice in the Official Journal setting out the determination.
 (4) The Commissioner may, in a determination under subsection (1), specify that one or more means for filing a document with the Patent Office are preferred means.
Note: Under the regulations, reduced fees may be payable for filing a document by preferred means.
 (5) A determination under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.