Reprint

as at 24 February 2017

Patents (Trans-Tasman Patent Attorneys and Other

Matters) Amendment Act 2016

Public Act 2016 No 89
Date of assent 21 November 2016
Commencement see section 2

Contents

Page
1 Title 3
2 Commencement 3
3 Principal Act 3

Part 1

Amendment to principal Act relating to opposition to grant of patent

4 Section 92 amended (Opposition to grant of patent) 3

Part 2

Amendments to principal Act including joint registration

regime with Australia for patent attorneys

5 New Part 6 inserted 3

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint. Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

This Act is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.

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Patents (Trans-Tasman Patent Attorneys and Other Reprinted as at

Matters) Amendment Act 2016 24 February 2017

Part 6

Joint registration regime with Australia for patent attorneys

Preliminary provisions

268 Purpose of this Part 4
269 Interpretation of this Part 4
270 Meaning of ordinarily resident in New Zealand 6

Joint registration regime applies in New Zealand

271 Patent attorneys must comply with joint registration 6 regime
272 Commissioner must provide information about joint 7 registration regime
273 Interface with Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 7

Offences and penalties

274 Offences: unregistered persons practising, etc, as patent 8 attorneys
275 Exceptions for legal representatives and employees 9
276 Incorporated patent attorney must have patent attorney 10 director
277 Documents prepared by lawyers 10
278 Documents prepared by member of partnership 11
279 Documents prepared by incorporated patent attorneys and 11 incorporated law firms
280 Attendance at patent attorney’s office 12
281 Time limit for filing charging documents for offences 12

Provisions that apply if Disciplinary Tribunal and

Appeals Tribunal sit in Australia

282 Provisions that apply if Tribunals sit in Australia 12

Provisions that apply if Disciplinary Tribunal sits in New

Zealand

283 Provisions that apply if Disciplinary Tribunal sits in New 13
Zealand
284 Issue of summons by Disciplinary Tribunal 13
285 Failure of witness to comply with summons 14
286 Other provisions about proceedings 15

Miscellaneous provisions

287 Territorial scope and jurisdiction 15
288 Rights of patent attorney over documents and client 16 property
289 Investigations under Australian Acts 16
290 Regulations under this Part 16

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The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:

1 Title

This Act is the Patents (Trans-Tasman Patent Attorneys and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2016.

2 Commencement

(1) Part 1 is deemed to have come into force on 13 September 2014.
(2) Part 2 comes into force on a date appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions.
(3) If any provision of Part 2 is not in force at the close of 24 February 2017, it is repealed on the day after that date.

Section 2(2): Part 2 brought into force, on 24 February 2017, by the Patents (Trans-Tasman Patent

Attorneys and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2016 Commencement Order 2017 (LI 2017/2).

3 Principal Act

This Act amends the Patents Act 2013 (the principal Act).

Part 1

Amendment to principal Act relating to opposition to grant of patent

4 Section 92 amended (Opposition to grant of patent)

In section 92(1)(c), replace “subpart 2 (which relates to specification require- ments)” with “any provision of subpart 2 (which relates to specification re- quirements) other than section 39(2)(a) (which requires claims to relate to 1 in- vention only)”.

Part 2

Amendments to principal Act including joint registration regime with Australia for patent attorneys

5 New Part 6 inserted

After Part 5, insert:

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Part 6

Joint registration regime with Australia for patent attorneys

Preliminary provisions

268 Purpose of this Part

The purpose of this Part is to regulate the provision of patent attorney services by giving effect to the joint registration regime in accordance with the Arrange- ment.

269 Interpretation of this Part

(1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,—

Appeals Tribunal means the Administrative Appeals Tribunal established by section 5 of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Aust)

Arrangement means the arrangement entitled the Arrangement between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand Relating to Trans-Tasman Regulation of Patent Attorneys signed in March 2013, as pub- lished by the Commissioner under section 272(2)

Australian Patents Act means the Patents Act 1990 (Aust) (as amended by

Schedule 4 of the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act 2015 (Aust))

Board means the body continued in existence as the Trans-Tasman IP Attor- neys Board by section 227A of the Australian Patents Act

Code of Conduct means—

(a) the code known as the Code of Conduct for Patent and Trade Marks At- torneys 2013 made under the Australian Patents Act and the Trade Marks Act 1995 (Aust) by the Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys (Aust); or
(b) the replacement for that code, or any subsequent code, that is issued by the Board under the joint registration regime

company means a company within the meaning of the Companies Act 1993

designated manager has the same meaning as in section 200A of the Austral- ian Patents Act

Disciplinary Tribunal means the tribunal established by regulation 20.61 of the Patents Regulations 1991 (Aust) and to be known as the Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Disciplinary Tribunal

incorporated law firm has the same meaning as in section 6 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

incorporated patent attorney means a company that is registered as a patent attorney

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joint registration regime means the joint regime for patent attorneys to regis- ter and practise in Australia and New Zealand as constituted by—

(a) Part 1 of Chapter 20 of the Australian Patents Act and any regulations made for the purposes of that Part; and
(b) this Part; and
(c) any other Acts of the Parliament of Australia or New Zealand, and any regulations made under them, that give effect to the Arrangement; and
(d) the Arrangement

lawyer has the same meaning as in section 6 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers

Act 2006

limited partnership means a limited partnership that is registered under sec- tion 51 of the Limited Partnerships Act 2008

ordinarily resident in New Zealand has the meaning given in section 270

patent attorney or

(a) carries on business in New Zealand or Australia or both; and
(b) undertakes patent attorney services

patent attorney director, in respect of an incorporated patent attorney, means an individual who is both a registered patent attorney and a director of the com- pany

patent attorney services means the undertaking of any of the following ser- vices in Australia or New Zealand, or both, for gain:

(a) applying for or obtaining a patent in Australia or New Zealand or else- where on behalf of another person; and
(b) preparing or amending specifications or other documents for the pur- poses of the patent law of Australia, New Zealand, or any other country on behalf of another person; and
(c) giving advice (other than of a scientific or technical nature) as to the val- idity of patents or their infringement—
and has a corresponding meaning

professional misconduct

(a) unsatisfactory professional conduct that involves a substantial or consis- tent failure to reach reasonable standards of competence and diligence; or
(b) any other conduct, whether occurring in connection with practice as an attorney or otherwise, that shows that the attorney is not of good fame, integrity, and character; or
(c) any contravention of a law that is declared by the joint registration re- gime to be professional misconduct

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registered patent attorney means an individual or a company that is regis- tered as a patent attorney under the joint registration regime

unsatisfactory professional conduct includes conduct, in connection with practice as a registered patent attorney, that falls short of the standard of com- petence, diligence, and behaviour that a member of the public is entitled to ex- pect of an attorney.

(2) Any terms that are used but not defined in this Part, but defined in the joint registration regime, have the meanings given in that regime.
(3) A reference in, or in any regulations made under, this Part to a repealed Aus- tralian enactment is a reference to an Australian enactment that, with or with- out modification, replaces, or corresponds to, the Australian enactment re- pealed.
(4)
Subsection (3) does not limit section 22 of the Interpretation Act 1999.

Compare: 2010 No 108 s 5; Patents Act 1990 s 198, Schedule 1 (Aust); Patents Regulations 1990 (Aust); Arrangement between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand Re- lating to Trans-Tasman Regulation of Patent Attorneys, 2013 cl 1

270 Meaning of ordinarily resident in New Zealand

(1) For the purposes of this Part, an individual is taken to be ordinarily resident in New Zealand
(a) the individual has his or her home in New Zealand; or
(b) New Zealand is the country of his or her permanent abode even though he or she is temporarily absent from New Zealand.
(2) However, the individual is taken not to be ordinarily resident in New Zealand if he or she resides in New Zealand for a special or temporary purpose only.

Joint registration regime applies in New Zealand

271 Patent attorneys must comply with joint registration regime

(1) A person providing patent attorney services must be registered under, and com- ply with, the joint registration regime.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the following apply to a person who is ordinar- ily resident in New Zealand:
(a) no person may provide patent attorney services unless the person is a registered patent attorney; and
(b) a company may provide patent attorney services as long as the company is an incorporated patent attorney; and
(c) a partnership other than a limited partnership may provide patent attor- ney services as long as at least 1 member of the partnership is a regis- tered patent attorney; and
(d) a limited partnership may not provide patent attorney services; and

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(e) the joint registration regime applies to the person and the person may be registered as a patent attorney under the regime; and
(f) a registered patent attorney must co-operate with a request for informa- tion from the Board if the Board is investigating whether or not to com- mence proceedings against a registered patent attorney; and
(g) acts or omissions in New Zealand of the person have the same effect for the purposes of the joint registration regime as if they were acts or omis- sions in Australia; and
(h) if the person’s registration as a patent attorney is suspended or cancelled under the Australian Patents Act, the person’s registration is suspended or cancelled (as the case may be) for the purposes of this Part; and
(i) the person must pay the fees to the designated manager that are pre- scribed under the joint registration regime.

Compare: 1953 No 64 s 103(1); 1997 No 60 s 17; Arrangement between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand Relating to Trans-Tasman Regulation of Patent Attorneys, 2013 cl 3.3

272 Commissioner must provide information about joint registration regime

(1) The Commissioner must provide information about the joint registration re- gime on an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Commissioner, in- cluding information about—
(a) the role of the designated manager (including registration requirements and processes):
(b) the role of the Board (including the Code of Conduct):
(c) the consequences of professional misconduct and unsatisfactory profes- sional conduct:
(d) how a person in New Zealand may make a complaint to the Board about a registered patent attorney in New Zealand:
(e) the role and decisions of the Disciplinary Tribunal:
(f) how the Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010, the Evidence Act 2006, and the Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010 (Aust) apply to the joint registration regime:
(g) the role of the Appeals Tribunal:
(h) the application of the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act
1977 (Aust).
(2) The Commissioner must publish, on an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Commissioner, a copy of the Arrangement and Internet links to the Acts and regulations that comprise the joint registration regime.

273 Interface with Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

(1) Section 271

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(b) none of the partners in the partnership is a registered patent attorney or a lawyer.
(6) A partner in a partnership commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $6,000, if—
(a) the partner describes the partnership, or holds the partnership out, or per- mits the partnership to be described or held out, as a patent attorney or an agent for obtaining patents; and
(b) none of the partners in the partnership is a registered patent attorney or a lawyer.

Limited partnerships

(7) A limited partnership commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $30,000, if the limited partnership carries on business, practises, or acts as a patent attorney.
(8) A limited partnership commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $30,000, if the limited partnership describes itself, or holds itself out, or permits itself to be described or held out, as a patent attorney or an agent for obtaining patents.

Interpretation

(9) For the purposes of this Part, a person is taken to carry on business, practise, or act as a patent attorney if, and only if, the person does, or undertakes to do, pat- ents work in New Zealand.
(10) In this Part, patents work means 1 or more of the following done, on behalf of someone else, for gain:
(a) applying for or obtaining patents in New Zealand or anywhere else:
(b) preparing specifications or other documents for the purposes of this Act or the patent law of another country:
(c) giving advice (other than advice of a scientific or technical nature) about the validity, or infringement, of patents.

Compare: Patents Act 1990 ss 201, 201A (Aust); Arrangement between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand Relating to Trans-Tasman Regulation of Patent Attorneys, 2013 cl 3.3(e)

275 Exceptions for legal representatives and employees

Exception: legal representatives of deceased patent attorneys

(1) Section 274(1), (3), and (5) does not apply in relation to the business of a regis- tered patent attorney who is deceased if the business—
(a) is carried on, within 3 years after the death of the patent attorney or any further time allowed by a court, by the legal representative of the de- ceased registered patent attorney; and

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(b) is managed by a registered patent attorney on behalf of the legal repre- sentative.

Exception: employees

(2) Section 274(1) and (2) does not apply in relation to anything done by a person, as an employee,—
(a) for his or her employer; or
(b) if the person’s employer is a member of a related company group, for an- other member of the group.
(3) Section 274(3) and (4) does not apply in relation to anything done by a member of a related company group for another member of the group.

Evidential burden

(4) The defendant must adduce or point to evidence that suggests a reasonable pos- sibility that a matter in this section exists or does not exist, in order to rely on this section.

Whether company is related to another company

(5)
In this section, means a group of companies that com- prises a company and its related companies within the meaning of section 2(3) of the Companies Act 1993.

Compare: Patents Act 1990 s 201 (Aust)

276 Incorporated patent attorney must have patent attorney director

Offence: failing to notify lack of patent attorney director

(1) An incorporated patent attorney commits an offence, and is liable on convic- tion to a fine not exceeding $30,000, if the incorporated patent attorney—
(a) does not have a patent attorney director; and
(b) does not notify the designated manager of that within 7 days.

Offence: acting after 7 days without patent attorney director

(2) An incorporated patent attorney commits an offence, and is liable on convic- tion to a fine not exceeding $30,000, if the incorporated patent attorney—
(a) does not have a patent attorney director; and
(b) has not had a patent attorney director during the previous 7 days; and
(c) carries on business, practises, or acts as a patent attorney.

Compare: Patents Act 1990 s 201B (Aust); Arrangement between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand Relating to Trans-Tasman Regulation of Patent Attorneys, 2013 cl

3.3(e)

277 Documents prepared by lawyers

(1) No lawyer may prepare a specification or a document relating to an amendment of a specification (or make a representation, or permit another person to repre- sent, that the lawyer is entitled to do so) unless the lawyer is—

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280 Attendance at patent attorney’s office

A registered patent attorney commits an offence, and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $6,000, if—
(a) the registered patent attorney practises, acts, or holds himself, herself, or itself out as practising or acting, as a patent attorney, at an office or place of business where specifications or other documents are prepared for the purposes of this Act; and
(b) there is not an individual who is a registered patent attorney— (i) in regular attendance at that office or place; and
(ii) in continuous charge of the patents work done at that office or place.

Compare: Patents Act 1990 s 203 (Aust); Arrangement between the Government of Australia and the

Government of New Zealand Relating to Trans-Tasman Regulation of Patent Attorneys, 2013 cl

3.3(e)

281 Time limit for filing charging documents for offences

Despite anything to the contrary in section 25 of the Criminal Procedure Act
2011, the limitation period in respect of an offence under this Part ends on the date that is 5 years after the date on which the offence was committed.

Compare: Patents Act 1990 s 204 (Aust)

Provisions that apply if Disciplinary Tribunal and Appeals Tribunal sit in

Australia

282 Provisions that apply if Tribunals sit in Australia

(1) The purpose of this section is to give the Disciplinary Tribunal and the Appeals Tribunal powers in respect of a person or persons that ordinarily reside in New Zealand to enable proceedings to be conducted in Australia.
(2) For that purpose, the Disciplinary Tribunal is deemed to have been declared by the Minister of Justice to be an Australian court under section 152 of the Evi- dence Act 2006.

Examples

Disciplinary Tribunal subpoenas may be served in New Zealand.

The Disciplinary Tribunal may take evidence, and receive related examination and submissions, by audio link or audiovisual link from New Zealand.

(3) The Disciplinary Tribunal and the Appeals Tribunal are declared to be tribunals to which subpart 5 of Part 2 of the Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010 ap- plies, and all decisions of those Tribunals that are made in connection with pro-

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(2) The summons may be served on a person in New Zealand by leaving a copy of the summons with that person personally, together with a statement setting out the rights and obligations of that person, including information as to the man- ner in which application may be made to that Tribunal to have the summons set aside.
(3) A person who has been served with the summons under subsection (1) may not be compelled to comply with the summons unless, at the time of service of the summons or at some other reasonable time before the hearing, allowances and travelling expenses or vouchers sufficient to enable that person to comply with the summons are tendered or paid to that person.

Compare: 1908 No 89 s 56K

285 Failure of witness to comply with summons

(1) This section applies if the Disciplinary Tribunal, by instrument in writing signed by the President of the Disciplinary Tribunal, issues a certificate stating that a person named in the certificate has failed to comply with a summons re- ferred to in section 284(1).
(2) The High Court may issue a warrant requiring any constable to arrest that per- son and bring that person before the court.
(3) The High Court may, on the appearance of that person before the court, impose a fine not exceeding $1,000 unless the court is satisfied that the failure to com- ply with the summons, the onus of proof of which lies with that person, should be excused.
(4) In determining whether the failure to comply with the summons should be ex- cused, the High Court may have regard to—
(a) any matters that were not brought to the attention of the Disciplinary Tri- bunal, if the High Court is satisfied that—
(i) the Disciplinary Tribunal would have been likely to have set aside the summons if those matters had been brought to the attention of that Tribunal; and
(ii) the failure to bring those matters to the attention of the Disciplin- ary Tribunal was not due to any fault on the part of the person al- leged to have failed to comply with the summons or was because of an omission by that person that should be excused; and
(b) any matters to which the High Court would have regard if the summons had been issued by the High Court.
(5) For the purposes of this section, but subject to subsection (4), a certificate from the Disciplinary Tribunal stating any of the following matters is conclusive evi- dence of the matters stated in it:
(a) that the summons was issued by that Tribunal:
(b) that the witness failed to comply with the summons:

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(c) the decision of that Tribunal, or any orders or findings of fact made by that Tribunal, in relation to any application made to that Tribunal to have the summons set aside.
(6) Subject to subsection (4), no findings of fact made by the Disciplinary Tribunal on an application to that Tribunal to have the summons set aside may be chal- lenged by any person alleged to have failed to comply with the summons un- less the Tribunal was deliberately misled in making those findings of fact.

Compare: 1908 No 89 s 56L

286 Other provisions about proceedings

(1) The provisions in subsection (2) apply with the following modifications if the
Disciplinary Tribunal sits in New Zealand:
(a) references to the Federal Court of Australia must be treated as references to the Disciplinary Tribunal:
(b) references to the court must be treated as references to the Disciplinary
Tribunal:
(c) references to a Judge of the court must be treated as references to a member of the Disciplinary Tribunal:
(d) references to an Australian proceeding must be treated as references to a proceeding before the Disciplinary Tribunal in New Zealand.
(2) The provisions are the following provisions of the Judicature Act 1908:
(a) section 56M(1)(a) and (2) (power to administer oaths in New Zealand): (b) section 56N (orders not subject to review):
(c) section 56O (contempt):
(d) section 56Q(1), (2)(a), (3)(a), and (4)(a) (privileges and immunities of
Judges, counsel, and witnesses).

Miscellaneous provisions

287 Territorial scope and jurisdiction

(1) A registered patent attorney who is ordinarily resident in New Zealand is with- in the jurisdiction of the Disciplinary Tribunal and the Appeals Tribunal and must co-operate with an investigation by either Tribunal into his or her con- duct.
(2) This Part does not apply to a person or company that is part of the patent attor- ney profession of a country outside New Zealand if—
(a) the person or company—
(i) is resident or incorporated in a country other than Australia or
New Zealand; or
(ii) has a principal place of business for undertaking patent attorney services in a country other than Australia or New Zealand; and

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(b) the patent attorney services provided by the person or company are in re- spect of the patent law of a country other than New Zealand or Australia.

Compare: 1961 No 43 s 7; Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill 2006 cl 29; Arrangement be- tween the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand Relating to Trans-Tasman Regulation of Patent Attorneys, 2013 cl 3.3(d)

288 Rights of patent attorney over documents and client property

A registered patent attorney has the same right of lien over documents and property of a client as a lawyer or incorporated law firm, as the case may be, has.

Compare: Patents Regulations 1991 (Aust) r 20.53

289 Investigations under Australian Acts

A member of the Disciplinary Tribunal who is ordinarily resident in New Zea- land must co-operate with an investigation that is undertaken under the Free- dom of Information Act 1982 (Aust) or the Privacy Act 1988 (Aust).

290 Regulations under this Part

The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:
(a) prescribing matters that are necessary or desirable for the implementa- tion of the Arrangement:
(b) increasing or decreasing the fines for an offence under this Part to an amount that is consistent with the fines that apply under the joint regis- tration regime after any alteration of the amount of penalty units under section 4AA of the Crimes Act 1914 (Aust):
(c) prescribing any other matters that are required or permitted by the joint registration regime to be prescribed:
(d) providing for any other matters contemplated by this Act, necessary for its administration, or necessary for giving it full effect.

Compare: Arrangement between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand

Relating to Trans-Tasman Regulation of Patent Attorneys, 2013 cl 3.3(e), (f)

6 New Schedule 1AA inserted

Before the Schedule, insert as Schedule 1AA the Schedule 1AA set out in
Schedule 1 of this Act.

7 Repeal of Patents Act 1953

(1) The Patents Act 1953 (1953 No 64) is repealed.
(2) However, the Patents Regulations 1954 continue in force (as amended by Part
2 of Schedule 2 of this Act) and may continue to be amended or revoked under section 114 of the Patents Act 1953 as if it had not been repealed.

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Reprinted as at

24 February 2017

Patents (Trans-Tasman Patent Attorneys and Other

Matters) Amendment Act 2016 Part2s8

8 Consequential amendments

The enactments specified in Schedule 2 are amended in the manner set out in that schedule.

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Patents (Trans-Tasman Patent Attorneys and Other Reprinted as at

Schedule 1 Matters) Amendment Act 2016 24 February 2017

Schedule 1

New Schedule 1AA inserted

s 6

Schedule 1AA

Transitional, savings, and related provisions

s 11A

Part 1

Transitional and savings provisions arising from Patents (Trans- Tasman Patent Attorneys and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2016

1 Existing patent attorneys

(1) Subclause (2) applies to every person who, immediately before the commence- ment of Part 6, is registered as a patent attorney under the Patents Act 1953.
(2) The person is, immediately after the commencement of Part 6, a registered patent attorney under the joint registration regime.

Compare: Arrangement between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand

Relating to Trans-Tasman Regulation of Patent Attorneys, 2013 cl 9.1

2 Existing training and minimum knowledge requirements

Clause 9.2 to 9.7 of the Arrangement applies to persons in New Zealand.

Compare: Arrangement between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand

Relating to Trans-Tasman Regulation of Patent Attorneys, 2013 cl 9.2–9.7

3 Existing disciplinary proceedings

(1) Despite section 8 of the
Matters) Amendment Act 2016, the disciplinary regime under section 102 of the Patents Act 1953 continues to apply after the commencement of Part 6 for actions and behaviours of patent attorneys in New Zealand before the com- mencement of Part 6.
(2) The Commissioner must advise the designated manager if a New Zealand court determines that a person should not practise as a patent attorney in New Zea- land.

Compare: Arrangement between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand

Relating to Trans-Tasman Regulation of Patent Attorneys, 2013 cl 9.12

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Reprinted as at Patents (Trans-Tasman Patent Attorneys and Other

24 February 2017 Matters) Amendment Act 2016 Schedule 2

Schedule 2

Amendments to enactments

s 8

Part 1

Amendments to Acts

Evidence Act 2006 (2006 No 69)

In section 51(1), definition of overseas practitioner, replace paragraph (b) with:
(b) a person who is entitled to practise in Australia as a registered trade marks attorney; or

In section 51(1), after the definition of overseas practitioner, insert:

registered patent attorney has the meaning given to it by Part 6 of the Patents

Act 2013.

Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (2006 No 1)

In section 6, replace the definition of patent attorney with:

patent attorney has the same meaning as in of the Patents Act 2013

After section 36(4), insert:
(4A) A patent attorney does not commit an offence against any provision of sections
32, 33, and 35 by reason only of—
(a) preparing documents, transacting business, and conducting proceedings for the purposes of the Patents Act 2013:
(b) exercising any other rights and privileges as may be prescribed under the joint registration regime provided for in Part 6 of the Patents Act 2013.

In section 36, compare note, after “(2)(a), (c)”, insert “; 1953 No 64 s 101(3)”. Replace section 47(j) with:
(j) the provisions of the joint registration regime for patent attorneys in Part
6 of the Patents Act 2013; or

Patents Act 2013 (2013 No 68)

In section 3(e), after “countries”, insert “; and”. After section 3(e), insert:
(f) regulate the provision of patent attorney services by giving effect to the joint registration regime with Australia.
In section 4(1)(e), after “matters”, insert “; and”. After section 4(1)(e), insert:

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Patents Act 2013 (2013 No 68)—continued

Repeal section 4(3).

In section 5(1), replace the definition of patent attorney with:

patent attorney has the same meaning as in tion 269(1)

In section 5(1), repeal the definition of register of patent attorneys or patent attor- neys register.

After section 11, insert:

Transitional, savings, and related provisions

11A Transitional, savings, and related provisions

Schedule 1AA contains transitional, savings, and related provisions relating to amendments made to this Act.
Repeal section 218(d).
In section 247(1), delete “(except as set out in section 248)”. Repeal sections 248 and 249.

Privacy Act 1993 (1993 No 28)

In Schedule 2, Part 1, repeal the item relating to the Patents Act 1953, section 100.

Part 2

Amendments to legislative instruments

Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Income sharing with Patent

Attorneys) Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/220)

In regulation 3(1), revoke the definitions of patent attorney and patent attorney firm.

In regulation 3(1), insert in their appropriate alphabetical order:

patent attorney has the same meaning as in of the Patents Act 2013

patent attorney firm means either of the following:

(a) an incorporated patent attorney within the meaning of Part 6 of the Pat- ents Act 2013:
(b) a partnership (other than a limited partnership) of which at least 1 mem- ber is a registered patent attorney within the meaning of that Part

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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Income sharing with Patent Attor- neys) Regulations 2008 (SR 2008/220)—continued

In regulation 4(e), replace “in a company carrying on business as a patent attorney pursuant to section 103(2) of the Patents Act 1953” with “in an incorporated patent attorney within the meaning of Part 6 of the Patents Act 2013”.

Patents Regulations 1954 (SR 1954/211)

Revoke regulations 152, 153, 154, 161, 162, and 163. In Schedule 1, revoke items 10, 11, and 12.

Trade Marks Regulations 2003 (SR 2003/187)

After regulation 23(a), insert:
(b) whose registration as a patent attorney is suspended or cancelled for the purposes of Part 6 of the Patents Act 2013; or

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