Patents Act · s 108

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s 108Hours of business and excluded days

(1)

The Registrar may issue practice directions to specify —

(a)

the hours of business of the Registry; and

(b)

the days which are to be treated as excluded days.

(2)

The Attorney General may prescribe the effect of doing any business under this Act —

(a)

on any day after the hours of business of the Registry; or

(b)

on any day which is an excluded day.

(3)

For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) —

(a)

different hours of business may be specified for different classes of business;

(b)

different excluded days may be specified for different classes of business; and

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(c)

different effects of doing business —

(i)

outside the hours of business of the Registry; or

(ii)

on an excluded day, may be prescribed for different classes of business.