Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01328:clause:1_90
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01328
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 90
Character Range: 51885–53008

90  Subsections 227(3), (4), (5) and (6)
Repeal the subsections, substitute:

 (3) The regulations may provide for the consequences (for the purposes of this Act) of failing to pay a fee in accordance with the regulations.

Note: Some provisions of this Act provide expressly or implicitly for the consequences of failing to pay a fee (for example, see subsections 89(3) and 142(2), section 143, subsection 151(4) and section 176). Regulations cannot provide for consequences inconsistent with those provisions.

 (4) In particular, the regulations may provide that, for the purposes of this Act:
 (a) an act is not to be done, or is taken not to have been done, if the fee for doing the act is not paid in accordance with the regulations; or
 (b) a document is not filed, or is taken not to have been filed, if the fee for filing the document is not paid in accordance with the regulations; or
 (c) a patent application lapses, or is taken to have lapsed, if the fee for filing the request and accompanying specification is not paid in accordance with the regulations.

 (5) Subsection (4) does not limit subsection (3).