1. For substantive matters, the Commissioner will not wait for either party to request a hearing, however the Commissioner will (on the agreement of the parties) defer such hearings for reasonable periods of time: AUSTRALIAN PATENT OFFICE;Manual of Practice and Procedure
2. Northern Territory (Self-Government) Regulations 1978 (Cth) – Reg 4
3. For an example of a hearing closed to the public, see Iluka Midwest Limited v Industrial Minerals Pty Ltd;APO,2001
4. A ground cannot be dismissed merely because the particulars are inadequate: Ora Vax Inc v CSL Ltd;Patents Regulations 1991 (Cth), reg. 5.5. See L'Air Liquide SA v Commonwealth Industrial Gases Ltd,1991