Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1982 No. 72 DESIGNS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 49

49. (1) Subject to sub-regulation (3), for the purposes of section 44 of the
Act, the Registrar shall not permit any agent to do, on behalf of any other
person, any act in connection with the registration of designs or any
procedure relating to the registration of designs, unless that agent-

   (a)  is-

        (i)    a legal practitioner;

        (ii)   a Patent Attorney; or

        (iii)  an employee (other than a casual employee) of that other
               person; and

   (b)  has not been convicted of an offence in relation to a provision of-

        (i)    the Act;

        (ii)   the Patents Act 1903; or

        (iii)  the Trade Marks Act 1955.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-regulation (1), the Registrar may
permit an agent-

   (a)  who is not a person referred to in paragraph (1) (a);

   (b)  who has not been convicted of an offence referred to in paragraph (1)
        (b); and

   (c)  who, before the commencement of these Regulations, practised or acted
        as an agent of another person in connection with the registration of
        designs or any procedure relating to the registration of designs, to
        do, on behalf of any other person, any act in connection with the
        registration of designs or any procedure relating to the registration
        of designs.

(3) Where there are reasonable grounds for believing that the conduct of an
agent is calculated to prejudice the interests of the person whose agent he
is, the Registrar shall refuse to receive communications from that agent and
shall request that person-

   (a)  to appoint another agent; or

   (b)  to communicate directly with the Registrar, as the case requires.