{"id":"C1904L00003","name":"Patents Regulations (Provisional)","slug":"patents-regulations-provisional","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"3 of 1904","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":19944,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1904L00003-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Patents Regulations (Provisional)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1904. No. 3.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia,\n\nDepartment of Trade and Customs,\n\nMelbourne, 12th February, 1904.\n\nHIS Excellency the Governor-General, in pursuance of the Patents Act 1903, has been pleased to make the following Regulations, to come into force forthwith as Provisional Regulations.\n\nWILLIAM JOHN LYNE,\n\nMinister for Trade and Customs.\n\n\\* Provisional Regulations under the Patents Act 1903.\n\nSection 29.\n\nPending the commencement of the Patents Act 1903, the following Provisional Regulations shall have force:—\n\n1. The Patent Office shall be temporarily established at the Commonwealth Public Offices, in Spring-street, Melbourne, in the State of Victoria.\n\n2. Applications for Letters Patent may be lodged at the Patent Office so established.\n\n3. Applications for Letters Patent may also be lodged by being left with the principal officer at the Customs House in the capital city in each State (except the State of Victoria), for transmission to the Patent Office.\n\nBy Authority: J. Kemp, Acting Government Printer, Melbourne.\n\nC.3701.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1811},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These regulations are explicitly provisional and temporary, made 'pending the commencement of the Patents Act 1903.' The content strictly adheres to this limited purpose—establishing interim filing procedures—and has not expanded beyond the original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative provisions","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple administrative matters with no conditional logic or exceptions","Single cross-reference to parent Act (section 29)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this is:** Temporary rules created to operate before Australia's main Patents Act 1903 officially commenced.\n\n**What it does:**\n* **Sets up a temporary office:** Establishes a provisional Patent Office in the Commonwealth Public Offices on Spring Street, Melbourne.\n* **Accepts patent applications:** Allows inventors to lodge applications for Letters Patent (the official documents granting patent rights) directly at that Melbourne office.\n* **Provides national access:** People in other states can submit applications through the Customs House in their own capital city (Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, or Hobart), where the principal officer will forward them to Melbourne.\n\n**Why it matters:** This was a practical stop-gap measure allowing inventors to file patents immediately rather than waiting for the full legal machinery of the 1903 Act to formally start operating."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/patents-regulations-provisional","history":"/api/acts/patents-regulations-provisional/history","analysis":"/api/acts/patents-regulations-provisional/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/patents-regulations-provisional/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/patents-regulations-provisional/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/patents-regulations-provisional/documents"}}