Failure to comply
with notice
Priority
Declaration
(3) Notwithstanding sub regulation (2), the
Registrar General may at any time, by notice
in writing
(a) require the agent to produce
evidence of his or her authority
through an authorisation in Form A1
or in any other manner the Registrar
General may reasonably require;
(b) require the signature of the person
appointing the agent on any
document or the personal presence
of the person.
7. Where a notice issued by the Registrar
General under regulation 4(4)(b) or 6(3)(b) has
not been complied with, he or she may refuse
to recognise or act upon any document or
process filed or undertaken by the person in
default.
8. (1) A priority declaration under section 8
or section 28(2) of the Act shall state
(a) the date of the earlier application;
(b) the number of the earlier application,
if known; and
(c) the State or Organisation in which
the earlier application was filed.
(2) If the number of the earlier application
was not known when the priority declaration
was filed, it shall be filed within three months
from the filing date of the patent or other
application in connection with which the
priority declaration was made.
(3) The applicant may, at any time before the
grant of a patent or registration of any other
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