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Patents Act 1990
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#### 227AAA Approved means of paying a fee
(1) For the purposes of subsection 227(2C), the Commissioner may, by writing, determine one or more means for paying a fee.
(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 paying a fee are preferred means.
> Note: Under the regulations, the amount of a fee may be reduced for paying the fee by preferred means.
(5) A determination under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.