Designs Act 2003

An applicant may request registration of one or more designs disclosed in a design application.

The request must be:

included in the design application; or

made within the period prescribed by the regulations.

The request must be in accordance with any requirements prescribed by the regulations.

If:

one design is disclosed in a design application; and

at the end of the period applicable under paragraph (2)(b):

the applicant has not made a request in relation to the design in accordance with subsections (1) to (3); and

the applicant has not withdrawn the application in accordance with section 32;

If:

more than one design is disclosed in a design application; and

for a design (the subject design) disclosed in the application, at the end of the period applicable under paragraph (2)(b) in relation to the subject design:

the applicant has not made a request in relation to the subject design in accordance with subsections (1) to (3); and

the subject design has not been excluded from the application by an amendment under section 28; and

the applicant has not withdrawn the application in accordance with section 32; and

the applicant has not withdrawn the subject design from the application in accordance with section 32;

Subsection (5) applies separately in relation to each design that is disclosed in the design application.

This section is subject to section 36.