Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00944:reg:6:p33
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00944
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 33/73)
Character Range: 235581–238339

New Zealand;
 (i) the Trade Marks Act 2002 of New Zealand.
 (2) An offence of dishonesty for which the maximum penalty is imprisonment for at least 2 years is a prescribed offence for paragraph 198(4)(f) of the Act.
Note: Subsection 198(4) of the Act provides that the Designated Manager must register as a patent attorney a person who satisfies certain conditions. Paragraph 198(4)(e) requires that a person not have been convicted of a prescribed offence during the previous 5 years. Paragraph 198(4)(f) requires that a person not be under sentence of imprisonment for a prescribed offence.

Part 3—Accreditation of courses of study

20.13  Accreditation of courses of study
 (1) The Board may accredit a course of study that is provided by an institution if the Board is satisfied that the learning outcomes of the course would result in a person who passes the course acquiring some or all of the knowledge of intellectual property law and practice that the Board considers necessary for a person to practise as a registered patent attorney.
 (2) In deciding whether or not to accredit the course, the Board must consider whether the learning outcomes of the course meet some or all of the requirements set out in Schedule 5.
 (3) In considering whether the learning outcomes of the course meets some or all of the requirements set out in Schedule 5, the Board must consider any information provided by the institution.
 (4) If the institution gives the Board sufficient information for the Board to decide whether the learning outcomes of the course meet a requirement mentioned in Schedule 5, the Board must, within 4 months after receiving the information, decide whether to accredit the course.
 (5) Subject to subregulation (7), if the Board accredits a course, accreditation is for 5 years.
 (6) If an institution intends to change an accredited course, it must advise the Board in writing.
 (7) The Board may revoke an accreditation if:
 (a) changes are made to the course; and
 (b) the Board decides that the course no longer achieves the learning outcomes stated for the knowledge requirements to which it relates.

20.14  Provisional accreditation
 (1) The Board may provisionally accredit a course if:
 (a) the institution has sought accreditation for the course; and
 (b) the information provided by the institution shows that the course includes a requirement mentioned in Schedule 5; and
 (c) either:
 (i) the Board does not expect to complete its consideration of the course under regulation 20.13 before the start of the academic semester; or
 (ii) the Board has not completed its consideration of the course under regulation 20.13 when the academic semester starts.
 (2) The Board may provisionally accredit a changed course if:
 (a) a