Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Where a discovery, invention or improvement of or in any process, apparatus or machine is made by an employee of the School in the course of the employee's official duties, it is the property of the School and may be made available by the School on such conditions and on payment of such fees or royalties, or otherwise, as the Council, with the approval of the Minister, determines.
(2) An employee of the School shall not, except with the consent in writing of the Council, make application for a patent for an invention that is made by the employee in the course of the employee's official duties or that relates to any matter or work connected with the employee's official duties.