What the official record says
This Act is the Patents (Trans-Tasman Patent Attorneys and Other Matters) Amendment Act . comes into force on a date appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions. If any provision of is not in force at the close of , it is repealed on the day after that date. This Act amends the Patents Act 2013 (the ). In section 92(1)(c), replace with invention only) . After section 220, insert: The purpose of this section is to provide for a single patent application process, and a single patent examination process, shared between IPONZ and IP Australia for certain prescribed matters and documents, that— may apply if an application is filed seeking patent protection in New Zealand for an invention and an application is filed seekin