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Contents

Part I PRELIMINARY

Part II REGISTRATION OF DESIGNS

Division 1 — Registrability of Designs

Division 2 — Application for Registration

Division 3 — Miscellaneous

Part III REGISTER

Part IV EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF REGISTRATION OF DESIGN

Part V REGISTRABLE TRANSACTIONS

Part VI SURRENDER AND REVOCATION OF REGISTRATION OF DESIGN

Part VII EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE

Part VIIA COSTS

Part VIII EXTENSION OF TIME

Part VIIIA ELECTRONIC ONLINE SYSTEM

Part IX MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Part X TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

FIRST SCHEDULE Fees

SECOND SCHEDULE Descriptions of Forms

THIRD SCHEDULE Classification of Articles

FOURTH SCHEDULE Scale of Costs

Legislative History

 
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On 23/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 23/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 23/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 01/12/2011.
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Service of documents
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—(1)  Where the Act authorises or requires any document to be given or sent to, filed with or served on the Registrar or Registry, the giving, sending, filing or service may be effected on the Registrar or Registry —
(a)
by sending the document by post; or
(b)
where there is no fee payable to the Registrar or Registry for the giving, sending, filing or service of the document, by sending the document by facsimile transmission.
(2)  Where the Act authorises or requires any document to be given or sent to or served on any party other than the Registrar or Registry, the giving, sending or service may be effected on that party by sending the document by post.
(3)  Where the Act authorises or requires any notice or other document to be given or sent to or served on any party by the Registrar or Registry, the Registrar or Registry may effect the giving, sending or service on the party —
(a)
by sending the notice or other document by post; or
(b)
by sending the notice or other document by facsimile transmission.
(4)  Where any notice or other document is sent by post under paragraph (2) or (3), the giving, sending or service, as the case may be, of the notice or other document shall, until the contrary is proved, be treated as having been effected at the time at which the document would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post.
(5)  For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3), a notice or other document is sent to a party by post if the notice or other document is sent by pre-paid post to the party at his address for service referred to in rule 7.
(6)  Where any person has attempted to send any document by facsimile transmission under paragraph (1) —
(a)
if any part or all of the document received by the Registrar or Registry is illegible or if any part of the document is not received by the Registrar or Registry, the document shall be treated as not having been submitted;
(b)
the burden of proving the legibility and completeness of the document lies with the person who has attempted to send the document;
(c)
the original of any document sent by facsimile transmission and an accompanying letter identifying the date and time of the transmission shall be furnished to the Registrar within 14 days from the date of transmission; and
(d)
if the person who has attempted to send the document fails to comply with sub-paragraph (c), the document shall be treated as not having been sent at all.
(7)  Paragraph (1)(b) shall not apply to the filing of evidence by way of a statutory declaration under rule 42(1), 43(1) or 44(1).