Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PATENTS ACT 1990 No. 83, 1990 - SECT 200

200. (1) A patent attorney:

   (a)  is entitled to prepare all documents, transact all business and
        conduct all proceedings for the purposes of this Act; and

   (b)  has such other rights and privileges as are prescribed.

(2) A communication between a patent attorney and his or her client, and any
record or document made for the purposes of such a communication, are
privileged to the same extent as a communication between a solicitor and his
or her client.

(3) Nothing in this section authorises a patent attorney to prepare a document
to be issued from or filed in a court or to transact business, or conduct
proceedings, in a court.