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Patents Act 1990
214AApproved means of filing documents
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#### 214A Approved means of filing documents
(1) For the purposes of section 214, the Commissioner may, by writing, determine one or more means for filing a document with the Patent Office.
(2) The means may be an electronic means or any other means.
(3) The Commissioner must publish a notice in the Official Journal setting out the determination.
(4) The Commissioner may, in a determination under subsection (1), specify that one or more means for filing a document with the Patent Office are preferred means.
> Note: Under the regulations, reduced fees may be payable for filing a document by preferred means.
(5) A determination under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.