Actual requests for registration
(1) An applicant may request registration of one or more designs disclosed in a design application.
(a) included in the design application; or
(b) made within the period prescribed by the regulations.
(3) The request must be in accordance with any requirements prescribed by the regulations.
Deemed requests for registration
(a) one design is disclosed in a design application; and
(b) at the end of the period applicable under paragraph (2)(b):
(i) the applicant has not made a request in relation to the design in accordance with subsections (1) to (3); and
(ii) the applicant has not withdrawn the application in accordance with section 32;
then the applicant is taken to have requested that the design be registered.
(a) more than one design is disclosed in a design application; and
(b) for a design (the subject design ) disclosed in the application, at the end of the period applicable under paragraph (2)(b) in relation to the subject design:
(i) the applicant has not made a request in relation to the subject design in accordance with subsections (1) to (3); and
(ii) the subject design has not been excluded from the application by an amendment under section 28; and
(iii) the applicant has not withdrawn the application in accordance with section 32; and
(iv) the applicant has not withdrawn the subject design from the application in accordance with section 32;
then the applicant is taken to have requested that the subject design be registered.
Note: Subsection (5) applies separately in relation to each design that is disclosed in the design application.
Relationship with section 36
(6) This section is subject to section 36.