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Patents Act 1990
185Commissioner etc. not to prepare documents or search records
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#### 185 Commissioner etc. not to prepare documents or search records
The Commissioner, a Deputy Commissioner or an employee must not:
(a) prepare, or help to prepare:
(i) a specification; or
(ii) any other document relating to a specification (other than a document which is in an approved form);
unless the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner or the employee is the inventor in respect of the specification; or
(b) search the records of the Patent Office otherwise than in his or her official capacity.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
Chapter 19—The Register and official documents