Registrar must give applicants an opportunity to correct deficiencies
41 Registrar must give applicants an opportunity to correct deficiencies
If the Registrar is not satisfied as mentioned in section 39 or 40 in relation to a design application, the Registrar must notify the applicant:
of the matters in relation to which the Registrar is not satisfied; and
that the applicant may request that the Registrar amend the application under section 28; and
that the application will lapse at the end of the period prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of subsection 33(1) unless, during that period:
the application is amended; or
the applicant responds in writing to the notification stating why the applicant considers that the application does not need to be amended;
and as a result of the amendment or response, the Registrar is satisfied as mentioned in section 39 or 40, as the case requires.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by the regulations
). Made under this Act:
- Designs Regulations 2004 · under s 149
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