Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00455:section:228:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00455
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 228 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 274750–277550

228  Regulations
 (1) The Governor‑General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act:
 (a) prescribing matters required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; and
 (b) prescribing matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act; and
 (c) prescribing matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed for the conduct of any business relating to the Patent Office; and
 (d) for the purpose of carrying out or giving effect to the Budapest Treaty; and
 (e) for the purpose of carrying out or giving effect to the PCT, whether in relation to PCT applications or otherwise; and
 (f) for the purpose of carrying out or giving effect to the TRIPS Agreement.
 (2) Without limiting subsection (1), that subsection includes the power to make regulations:
 (aa) making provision for and in relation to:
 (i) the procedures for conducting a preliminary search and opinion in relation to a patent request and complete specification; and
 (ii) the reports to be made in relation to the preliminary search and opinion; and
 (a) making provision for and in relation to the procedures for the examination of a patent request and complete specification and the re‑examination of a complete specification; and
 (b) making provision for and in relation to the reports to be made in relation to an examination and a re‑examination; and
 (ba) making provision for and in relation to the following:
 (i) the requirements for filing a document under this Act (including the requirement that the document must be in the form (if any) specified in a direction under section 214B);
 (ii) the consequences of a document not being in accordance with an approved form or not complying with the requirements referred to in subparagraph (i); and
 (bb) making provision for and in relation to the consequences of not complying with a direction under section 214C; and
 (c) making provision for and in relation to the amendment of patent requests, provisional and complete specifications, and other filed documents:
 (i) to correct a clerical error or obvious mistake; or
 (ii) to remove a lawful ground of objection, whether the objection is raised in the course of examination or re‑examination or otherwise; or
 (iii) for any other purpose; and
 (e) making provision for and in relation to the amendment of an entry in the Register to correct a clerical error or an obvious mistake, or for any other purpose; and
 (g) making provision for and in relation to the preparation, filing and publication of abstracts of complete specifications; and
 (h) making provision for and in relation to opposition proceedings; and
 (ha) setting out the formalities checking process for innovation patents including, in particular, the following matters:
 (i) specifying the formalities