Industrial Designs Order, 1999 · As enacted · Part II · Registration of Industrial Designs
25. Examination and registration
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
( 1) If an application for registration of an industrial design has been accorded a filing date under section 16 and has not been withdrawn, the Registrar shall examine the application to determine whether it complies with the requirements of this Order and with the formal requirements.
application for registration
"application for registration" means an application for registration of an industrial design made under section 15; 61 29th. JANUARY, 2000 11article 11 means any article of manufacture and includes any part of an article if that part is made and sold separately;
Where the Registrar determines that there are deficiencies as regards the formal requirements, he shall notify the applicant and give him an opportunity to correct the deficiencies within the prescribed period. .
formal requirements
"formal requirements" means such requirements of section 15 and of any rules designating requirements as formal requirements for the purposes of this Order;
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Where after an examination under subsection (1) it is determined that not all the formal requirements have been complied with, the Registrar shall give the applicant an opportunity to make representations and to amend the application within such period as the Registrar may specify so as to comply with those requirements
(subject however to subse·ction (2) of section 23) and, if the applicant fails to do so, the Registrar may refuse the application.
Terms defined in s 2
application for registration
Defined · s 2"application for registration" means an application for registration of an industrial design made under section 15; 61 29th. JANUARY, 2000 11article 11 means any article of manufacture and includes any part of an article if that part is made and sold separately;
filing date
Defined · s 2"filing date", in relation to an application for registration, means the date determined under section 16 as the filing date of the application;
formal requirements
Defined · s 2"formal requirements" means such requirements of section 15 and of any rules designating requirements as formal requirements for the purposes of this Order;
industrial design
Defined · s 2"industrial design" means features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament applied to an article by any industrial process, being features which in the finished article appeal to and are judged by the eye, but does not include - fa} a method or principle of construction; or [i) are dictated solely by the function which the article has to perform; or
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