Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2015A00008:clause:4_27
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2015A00008
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 4 cl 27
Character Range: 41160–41776

27  At the end of section 214
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 (2) For the purposes of this Act, a prescribed document is taken to have been filed with the Patent Office if the document is delivered or given to:
 (a) the New Zealand Commissioner of Patents; or
 (b) a New Zealand Assistant Commissioner of Patents; or
 (c) a person who, under a law of New Zealand, is a delegate of the New Zealand Commissioner of Patents;
in a prescribed manner.
 (3) The regulations may provide that a document filed with the Patent Office because of subsection (2) is taken to have been so filed at the time ascertained in accordance with the regulations.