examination and on paying to the registrar the prescribed fee, be registered by him as a patent agent. 21. (2) Any person registered or deemed to be registered as a patent agent under the repealed law at the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have been registered as a patent agent under this Act, and any person entitled at the commencement of this Act to be so registered, shall be entitled to be so registered under this Act. (3) Any person entitled to practise as an attorney in the Republic may, on passing the prescribed examination and on paying the prescribed fee to the registrar, be registered by him as a patent attorney. (4) Any person registered or deemed to be registered as a patent agent under this Act and entitled to practise as an attorney may, on application and without the payment of any fee, be registered by the registrar as a patent attorney. Patent Examination Board. (1) (2) (3) There is hereby established a board to be called the Patent Examination Board. The board shall consist of— (a) the registrar of patents or his nominee, as the Minister may determine, who shall be chairman; (b) at least one person nominated by the law societies and appointed by the Minister; (c) at least one full-time lecturer in law at a university, who shall be appointed by the Minister; (d) at least two persons nominated by the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law and appointed by the Minister; and (e) such other persons as the Minister may appoint. (a) The board may— (i) prescribe the syllabuses of instruction for the prescribed examination mentioned in section 20; (ii) prescribe the minimum qualifications required from candidates for admission to such prescribed examination; (iii) prescribe the period of academic and practical instruction that any such candidate shall undergo; (iv) grant exemptions to such candidates in respect of all or any of the prescribed courses of instruction by virtue of examinations passed in connection with such courses and set by any body recognized by the board; (v) grant recognition as the prescribed examination mentioned in section 20, to any examination conducted by a university; (vi) in co-operation with any body or person, arrange for the training, instruction or testing of candidates mentioned in subparagraph (ii); (vii) make disciplinary rules regarding the behaviour, training and instruction of such candidates, and provide for the enforcement thereof;