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(1) An application may contain a declaration claiming the priority, as provided for in the Schedule, of one or more earlier national, regional or international applications filed by an applicant or the applicant's predecessor in title

(a) in or for any state party to the Convention; or

(b) in or for any member of the World Trade Organisation.

(2) Where the application contains a declaration under subsection (1), the Registrar may request that the applicant furnish, within the prescribed time limit, a copy of the earlier application certified as correct by the Patent Office with which it was filed.

(3) The effect of the declaration shall be as provided in the Schedule.

(4) Where the Registrar finds that the requirements under this section have not been fulfilled, the declaration shall be considered not to have been made.