Commonwealth legislation

Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Patent Attorneys) Regulations

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

49 of 1987

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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What this does: These regulations remove Part XXIV from the list of reviewable decisions in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975. Part XXIV covered decisions relating to patent attorneys (specially qualified lawyers or agents who help inventors secure patents).

Who it affects:

People or businesses wanting to challenge decisions about patent attorney registration, conduct, or disciplinary matters
Patent attorneys facing regulatory decisions

What changes:

New applications blocked: After these regulations take effect, you can no longer apply to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) to review decisions about patent attorneys under Part XXIV.
Existing cases protected: Any applications already lodged with the AAT before the commencement date continue as normal, along with any related proceedings.

Why it matters: This shifts the review pathway for patent attorney decisions away from the AAT—likely to the Federal Court or another tribunal—streamlining which body hears disputes about intellectual property practitioners.

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Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Patent Attorneys) Regulations

Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

Statutory Rules 1987 No. 491

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Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Patent

Attorneys) Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975.

Dated 26 March 1987.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Lionel Bowen

Attorney-General

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Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Patent Attorneys) Regulations.

Amendment of Schedule 1 to Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

(1) Schedule 1 to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 is amended by omitting Part XXIV.

(2) The amendment made by sub-regulation (1) does not affect any application made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal before the commencement of these Regulations, or any matter or thing arising out of, or any proceeding incidental to or connected with, any such application.

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 2 April 1987.

Printed by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer

S.R. 73/84 Cat. No. 15/26.2.1987

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

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