Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DESIGNS AMENDMENT (ADVISORY COUNCIL ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RESPONSE) ACT 2021 (NO. 100, 2021) - SCHEDULE 6

Designs Act 2003

1  After paragraph 39(2)(a)

Insert:

                    (aa)  the design application complies with the formal requirements determined in an instrument under section 149A; and

2  After paragraph 40(2)(c)

Insert:

                    (ca)  that the design application complies with the formal requirements determined in an instrument under section 149A;

3  Subsection 144B(2)

Repeal the subsection.

4  At the end of Part 6 of Chapter 11

Add:

149A   Instrument determining formal requirements for design applications etc.

             (1)  The Registrar may, by written instrument, determine formal requirements for the purposes of the following:

                     (a)  paragraphs 39(2)(aa) and 40(2)(ca);

                     (b)  a provision of the regulations, if that provision refers to this section.

             (2)  The Registrar must publish a notice, in accordance with the regulations, setting out the determination.

             (3)  A determination under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.

5  Application provision

The amendments of sections 39 and 40 of the Designs Act 2003 made by this Schedule apply in relation to design applications filed under section 21 of that Act on or after the commencement of this item.