Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person may apply for a patent for an invention by filing, in accordance with the regulations, a patent request and such other documents as are prescribed.
(2) An application may be a provisional application or a complete application.
(3) A patent request in relation to a provisional application must:
(a) be in the approved form; and
(b) be in English; and
(c) be accompanied by a provisional specification.
(4) The provisional specification referred to in paragraph (3)(c) must:
(a) be in the approved form; and
(b) be in English.
(4A) A patent request in relation to a complete application must:
(a) be in the approved form; and
(b) be in English; and
(c) be accompanied by a complete specification; and
(d) comply with the formalities requirements determined in an instrument under section 229.
(4B) The complete specification referred to in paragraph (4A)(c) must:
(a) be in the approved form; and
(b) be in English; and
(c) comply with the formalities requirements determined in an instrument under section 229.
(5) In this section:
"person" includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not.
[ Note: see also section 5 for requirements relating to associated applications .]