The following is a simplified outline of this Chapter:
This Chapter sets out the rules relating to design applications.
Part 2 provides that a person may file a design application in relation to one or more designs.
If the design application meets the minimum filing requirements, the design application is allocated a filing date, and each design disclosed in it obtains a priority date .
Under Chapter 4, a person who has filed a design application may, within the prescribed period, request registration of all or any of the designs disclosed in the application.
Part 3 deals with amendment and withdrawal of design applications.
Part 4 deals with the lapsing of design applications.