Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00944:reg:6:p28
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00944
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 28/73)
Character Range: 222989–225795

20.1C  Conduct in New Zealand does not constitute an offence under this Chapter
  A person is not liable to be prosecuted for an offence against these Regulations if the act or omission constituting the offence occurred in New Zealand.

20.1  Interpretation
  In this Chapter:
AQF means the Australian Qualifications Framework.
Board Chair means the Chair of the Board mentioned in paragraph 227A(2A)(a) of the Act.
candidate means a person who proposes or proposed to sit, or has sat, for an examination.
NZQF means the New Zealand Qualifications Framework established under section 248 of the Education Act 1989 of New Zealand, as in force at the commencement of this definition.
professional misconduct has the meaning given by regulation 20.32.
serious offence means an offence that:
 (a) involves obtaining property or a financial advantage by deception or fraudulent conduct; and
 (b) is either:
 (i) an indictable offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory (whether or not the offence may be dealt with summarily); or
 (ii) an offence against a law of a foreign country that would be an indictable offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory if committed in Australia (whether or not the offence could be dealt with summarily if committed in Australia).
statement of skill has the meaning given by regulation 20.11.
unqualified, in relation to a particular time, means:
 (a) not holding one or more of the academic qualifications or knowledge requirements required for registration at that time by these Regulations; or
 (b) not holding a qualification required for registration at that time by the former attorneys Regulations.
unsatisfactory professional conduct has the meaning given by regulation 20.32.

Part 2—Obtaining registration for first time

20.2  Form of application
  An application for registration as a patent attorney must:
 (a) be in writing, in a form approved by the Designated Manager; and
 (b) be accompanied by evidence and material mentioned in regulation 20.3; and
 (c) be accompanied by the fee mentioned in item 104 of Schedule 7.

20.3  Evidence that applicant meets registration requirements
 (1) An application for registration as a patent attorney must be accompanied by the following:
 (b) evidence that the Board is satisfied that the applicant has, or is entitled to the award of, an academic qualification of a kind mentioned in regulation 20.6;
 (c) evidence that the Board is satisfied that the applicant has the knowledge of intellectual property law and practice that is required for a person to practise as a patent attorney;
 (d) one or more statements of skill, for the purposes of regulation 20.11;
 (e) a declaration, by the applicant, that he or she:
 (i) has not, in the 5 years preceding the application,