Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DESIGNS ACT 2003 - SECT 24

  (1)   If a design application meets the minimum filing requirements mentioned in subsection   21(2), the Registrar must, by notification to the applicant, state:

  (a)   that the design application meets the minimum filing requirements; and

  (b)   the filing date of the application; and

  (c)   if the design application was not accompanied by a request for registration of each design disclosed in the application--that such a request may be made under section   35 and state the effect of subsections   35(4) and (5).

  (2)   If a purported design application does not meet the minimum filing requirements, the Registrar must notify the applicant to that effect. The notification must:

  (a)   identify each minimum filing requirement that has not been met; and

  (b)   require the applicant to file the additional information required within 2 months, or such other period as is prescribed, from the date of the notification.

  (3)   If the minimum filing requirements are not met within the period under paragraph   (2)(b), the application is taken never to have been filed.