Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2014C00180:clause:6_29a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2014C00180
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 6 cl 29A
Character Range: 106395–107545

29A  Applications for patents—special rules for PCT applications
 (1) A PCT application is to be treated as a complete application under this Act for a standard patent.
 (2) The description, drawings and claims contained in a PCT application are to be treated as a complete specification filed in respect of the application.
 (3) The specification of a PCT application is to be taken to be amended in the circumstances, on the day and in the manner as prescribed by the regulations.
 (4) A PCT application is to be taken to comply with the prescribed requirements of this Act that relate to applications for standard patents, but is not to be taken, merely because of subsection (1) or (2), to comply with any other requirements of this Act.
 (5) An applicant of a PCT application must do the following within the prescribed period:
 (a) if the application was not filed in the receiving Office in English—file a translation of the application into English;
 (b) in any case—file the prescribed documents and pay the prescribed fees.
Note: A failure to comply with this subsection may result in the PCT application lapsing: see paragraph 142(2)(f).