Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00944:reg:6:p30
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00944
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 30/73)
Character Range: 228083–230799

unless the qualification, or a course taken for the purpose of the qualification:
 (a) is in a field of science or technology that contains potentially patentable subject matter; and
 (b) involves a depth of study that the Board considers is sufficient to provide an appropriate foundation for practise as a patent attorney.

20.7  Evidence of knowledge requirements
 (1) The Board must be satisfied that a person has a knowledge requirement mentioned in regulation 20.8 if:
 (a) the person makes an application in the form approved by the Board; and
 (b) the application is accompanied by:
 (i) evidence that the applicant has the relevant knowledge; and
 (ii) the original or a certified copy of any academic record that shows the study that contributes to the knowledge.
 (2) The Board must, within 42 days of deciding whether or not it is satisfied that the person has the knowledge requirement, notify the person, in writing, of its decision.
Note: A decision that a person does not have a knowledge requirement is reviewable under regulation 22.26.

20.8  Knowledge requirements
 (1) The Designated Manager must not approve an applicant for registration as a patent attorney unless 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.
 (2) Subject to subregulations (3), (4) and (5), the Board must, in satisfying itself whether or not an applicant has the knowledge of intellectual property law and practice that is required for a person to practise as a patent attorney, take into account whether the applicant has the knowledge requirements that meet the minimum requirements set out in Schedule 5.
 (3) The Board may publish guidelines setting out criteria for deciding whether or not areas of study are likely:
 (a) to meet the minimum requirements set out in Schedule 5;
 (b) to provide a person with the appropriate level of understanding to practise as a patent attorney.
 (4) The Board may be satisfied that an applicant has the knowledge of intellectual property law and practice that is required for a person to practise as a patent attorney, despite the fact that the applicant does not meet every requirement set out in Schedule 5.
 (5) The Board is not able to be 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 if the knowledge requirements on which the applicant relies were obtained more than 10 years prior to the application.
 (6) If an applicant has been granted an exemption under regulation 20.9, the applicant is taken to meet the requirement in Schedule 5 for which the