Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) For the purposes of section 214, the Commissioner may, by writing, determine one or more means for filing a document with the Patent Office.
(2) The means may be an electronic means or any other means.
(3) The Commissioner must publish a notice in the Official Journal setting out the determination.
(4) The Commissioner may, in a determination under subsection (1), specify that one or more means for filing a document with the Patent Office are preferred means.
Note: Under the regulations, reduced fees may be payable for filing a document by preferred means.
(5) A determination under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.