Clause 6

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsections:“(1) If it appears to an Examiner during the examination of an application that —

the conditions specified in sections 13 and 25(4) and (5) have not been complied with; or

the application discloses —

any additional matter referred to in section 84(1); or

any matter extending beyond that disclosed in the application for the patent as filed,the Examiner shall give the applicant at least one written opinion to that effect, and the Registrar shall, upon receiving the written opinion, send the applicant a notification and a copy of the written opinion.(1A) The applicant shall, before the examination report is issued, have the right —

to respond in the prescribed manner to the written opinion within any prescribed period; and

subject to section 84, to amend in the prescribed manner the specification of the application in accordance with the prescribed conditions.”; and

by deleting the words “at any time before a patent is granted in pursuance of an application” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “during any period prescribed for the purposes of this subsection”.