176International applications treated as applications under this Act

#### 176 International applications treated as applications under this Act Where: (a) an international application specifies Australia as a designated State; and (b) as a result of a prohibition order or of anything done in reliance on section 175, the application is, under the PCT, to be considered as having been withdrawn; and (c) the applicant files, within the prescribed period, a written request that the application be treated as an application under this Act for a standard patent; and (d) the applicant files any prescribed documents and pays the prescribed fee; then, except as otherwise prescribed: (e) the application must be treated as requested; and (f) the description, claims, drawings, graphics and photographs in the application must be treated as a complete specification filed in respect of the application; and (g) the application and specification must be treated as having been filed on the date on which the international application was filed. Chapter 18—Miscellaneous offences