Section 58

in paragraph (1)(d), by substituting for the words

“amend costs” the words “award costs, including assessment of the costs and the manner in which the costs is to be paid”;

by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

“(1a)  A party to any proceedings before the Registrar who is desirous to obtain costs shall make an application to the Registrar in the prescribed manner.”;

in subsection (2), by substituting for the words

“paragraphs (1)(a), (b) and (c)” the words

“paragraphs (1)(a) and (b)”;

Patents (Amendment)

by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:

“(2a)  If any person fails to comply with any order or direction made by the Registrar under paragraph (1)(c)

without any lawful excuse, his application under this

Act shall be treated as abandoned.”; and

by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:

“(4)  Nothing in this Act shall prevent the disclosure of information by the Registrar to the National Competent

Authority or relevant Competent Authority established under the Access to Biological Resources and Benefit

Sharing Act 2017 [Act 795] for the purposes of the Patent Registration Office acting as a checkpoint under that Act concerning an application for a patent prior to the publication of a patent application referred to in section 33d.”.

Amendment of section 81