{"id":"C1912L00129","name":"Board of Examiners of Patent Attorneys Regulations (Provisional)","slug":"board-of-examiners-of-patent-attorneys-regulations-provisional","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"129 of 1912","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":20488,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1912L00129-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Board of Examiners of Patent Attorneys Regulations (Provisional)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1912\\. No. 129.\n\nPROVISIONAL REGULATION UNDER THE PATENTS ACT 1903-1909.\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulation under the Patents Act 1903-1909 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulation to come into operation forthwith as a Provisional Regulation.\n\nDated the 26th day of June, One thousand nine hundred and twelve.\n\nDENMAN,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nW. M. HUGHES,\n\nAttorney-General.\n\nBoard of Examiners of Patent Attorneys.\n\nNotwithstanding anything in the Patents Regulations 1912 (Statutory Rules 1912, No. 76), the Board of Examiners constituted under the Patents Regulations 1909 (Statutory Rules 1909, No. 96) and the members thereof, as existing at the date of the commencement of the Patents Regulations 1912, shall have full power and authority to do all things necessary on its or their parts to be done to complete any examination commenced before the said date, and to grant or refuse to grant any certificate in connexion with any such examination, and for the purpose of this Regulation, the provisions of the Patents Regulations 1909, so far as applicable, shall be deemed to continue in force.\n\nPrinted and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Acting Government Printer for the State of Victoria.\n\nC.8480.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2368},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This provisional regulation maintains its original narrow, transitional purpose. It was expressly designed as a temporary continuity measure to prevent disruption to ongoing patent attorney examinations during the transition from the 1909 to the 1912 Patents Regulations, and has not expanded beyond that specific remedial function."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with a narrow, specific purpose","Limited cross-references to two superseded statutory instruments (Patents Regulations 1909 and 1912)","Temporal limitation restricting application to examinations commenced before a specific cutoff date","Use of notwithstanding clause to override the general application of newer regulations"],"plain_english_summary":"This 1912 transitional \"save\" preserves continuity for patent-attorney exams started under the 1909 Regulations when new 1912 Rules took effect. It lets the old Board of Examiners and its members continue to operate solely to complete those ongoing examinations and to grant or refuse certificates under the old rules. It protects candidates mid-process and prevents disruption or loss of qualification during the regulatory handover."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/board-of-examiners-of-patent-attorneys-regulations-provisional","history":"/api/acts/board-of-examiners-of-patent-attorneys-regulations-provisional/history","analysis":"/api/acts/board-of-examiners-of-patent-attorneys-regulations-provisional/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/board-of-examiners-of-patent-attorneys-regulations-provisional/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/board-of-examiners-of-patent-attorneys-regulations-provisional/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/board-of-examiners-of-patent-attorneys-regulations-provisional/documents"}}