Designs Act 2003

If a design application meets the minimum filing requirements mentioned in subsection 21(2), the Registrar must, by notification to the applicant, state:

that the design application meets the minimum filing requirements; and

the filing date of the application; and

if the design application was not accompanied by a request for registration of each design disclosed in the application—that such a request may be made under section 35 and state the effect of subsections 35(4) and (5).

If a purported design application does not meet the minimum filing requirements, the Registrar must notify the applicant to that effect. The notification must:

identify each minimum filing requirement that has not been met; and

require the applicant to file the additional information required within 2 months, or such other period as is prescribed, from the date of the notification.

If the minimum filing requirements are not met within the period under paragraph (2)(b), the application is taken never to have been filed.