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(i) if the name was removed under regulation 20A.7—on or before 1 September of the year that the name was removed from the Register of Patent Attorneys, or within a further period that the Designated Manager allows; or
 (ii) in any other case—within 3 years after the name was removed from the Register of Patent Attorneys; and
 (d) the attorney pays:
 (i) the annual registration fee for the year the reinstatement is made; and
 (ii) the fee mentioned in item 111 of Schedule 7.

Chapter 21—Administration

21.1  Patent Office and sub‑offices
  The hours of business of the Patent Office and each sub‑office of the Patent Office are from 9 am to 5 pm on each day other than:
 (a) a Saturday or a Sunday; or
 (b) a public holiday:
 (i) where the Office or sub‑office is located; or
 (ii) for the purposes of the Australian Public Service in that place.

21.2  Employees to whom Commissioner may delegate (Act s 209(1))
 (1) For subsection 209(1) of the Act, the Commissioner may delegate all or any of the Commissioner's powers or functions under the Act, except the powers and functions under paragraphs 210(1)(a) and (c) of the Act, to an employee of the Patent Office:
 (a) holding, or performing the duties of, the position of Examiner of Patents; or
 (b) employed at any of the following levels:
 (i) Executive level 1 or 2;
 (ii) APS level 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6.
 (2) The Commissioner may delegate all or any of the Commissioner's powers or functions under paragraph 210(1)(a) or (c) of the Act to an employee of the Patent Office who holds or performs the duties of an Executive Level 1 position, or an equivalent or higher position.
Note: Under paragraphs 210(1)(a) and (c) of the Act, the Commissioner may summon witnesses and require the production of documents or articles.

Chapter 22—Miscellaneous

Part 1—Fees and costs

Division 1—Fees

22.1  Complete applications treated as provisional applications
  If the Commissioner has directed that a complete application is to be treated as a provisional application, the amount by which the fee payable on the filing of a complete application exceeds the fee payable on the filing of a provisional application must be credited towards the payment of the fee payable on the next filing of a complete application associated with the provisional application by the applicant concerned.

22.2  General fees
 (1) For the purposes of subsection 227(1) of the Act, there is payable to the Commissioner in respect of a matter specified in an item of Part 1 or 2 in Schedule 7 a fee of the amount specified in that item.
 (2) The fees are payable as follows:
 (a) the fee for filing