Designs Act 2003

This section applies if a dispute arises between 2 or more persons in relation to whether, or in what manner, a design application should proceed.

The Registrar may, on a request made in accordance with the regulations by any of the persons, make any determinations the Registrar thinks fit for either or both of the following purposes:

enabling the application to specify which of those persons is an entitled person in relation to a design disclosed in the application;

regulating the manner in which the application is to proceed.

A person mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) must be:

the applicant; or

a person who asserts that the person is an entitled person in relation to a design disclosed in the application.