Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PATENTS ACT 1990 No. 83, 1990 - SECT 6

6. For the purposes of this Act, the deposit requirements are to be taken to
be satisfied in relation to a micro-organism to which a specification relates
if, and only if:

   (a)  the micro-organism was, on or before the date of filing of the
        specification, deposited with a prescribed depositary institution in
        accordance with the rules relating to micro-organisms; and

   (b)  the specification includes, at that date, such relevant information on
        the characteristics of the micro-organism as is known to the
        applicant; and

   (c)  at all times since the end of the prescribed period, the specification
        has included:

        (i)    the name of a prescribed depositary institution from which
               samples of the micro-organism are obtainable as provided by the
               rules relating to micro-organisms; and

        (ii)   the date on which the relevant deposit was made; and

        (iii)  the file, accession or registration number of the deposit given
               by the institution; and

   (d)  at all times since the date of filing of the specification, samples of
        the micro-organism have been obtainable from a prescribed depositary
        institution as provided by those rules.
(Note: see sections 41 and 42)