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Patents Act 1990

159Commissioner may appear in appeals

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#### 159 Commissioner may appear in appeals The Commissioner may appear and be heard at the hearing of an appeal to the Federal Court against a decision or direction of the Commissioner even if the Commissioner is not a party to the appeal.

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