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DESIGNS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1992 NO. 452

STATUTORY RULES 1992 No. 452

Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Science and Technology

Designs Act 1906

Designs Regulations (Amendment)

The Statutory Rules amend the Designs Regulations (the Regulations) to make provisions for the purposes of subsection 18(3) of the Designs Act for the Registrar of Designs to determine an application for a licence made under regulation 29AA of the Regulations, to extend the application of the opposition practice and procedure provisions of Part IV of the Regulations to oppositions to applications made under regulation 29AA of the Regulations, and to make provisions allowing persons to apply to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of certain decisions of the Registrar of Designs. Details of the amendments are as follows:

Regulation 1 identifies the Designs Regulations as those to be amended.

Regulation 2 amends existing regulation 29B to enable the Registrar of Designs to determine an application for a licence made under regulation 29AA.

Regulation 3 amends existing regulation 31 to extend the application of the opposition practice and procedure provisions of Part IV of the Regulations to oppositions to applications for a licence made under regulation 29AA.

Regulation 4 omits existing regulation 61 ("Compliance with forms"), which is superfluous in view of section 25C of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, and introduces a new regulation that provides that a person may apply to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of a decision of the Registrar of Designs to grant or not to grant a licence under regulation 29B.