214AApproved means of filing documents

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.