Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The priority date of a design disclosed in a design application that meets the minimum filing requirements is:
(a) the filing date of the design application; or
(b) if, before the design application was filed, an application for protection in respect of the design had been made in a Convention country in accordance with the regulations--the date prescribed by the regulations; or
(c) if the regulations provide for a different date as the priority date--the date prescribed by the regulations.
(2) If more than one design is disclosed in a design application, the designs may have different priority dates.