Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DESIGNS ACT 2003 - SECT 123

             (1)  There is to be at least one Deputy Registrar of Designs.

             (2)  Subject to any direction by the Registrar, a Deputy Registrar has all the powers and functions of the Registrar under this Act or any other Act, except the Registrar's powers of delegation under section 124.

             (3)  A power or function of the Registrar under this Act or any other Act, when exercised or performed by a Deputy Registrar, is to be taken for the purposes of this Act or any other Act to have been exercised or performed by the Registrar.

             (4)  The exercise of a power, or function, of the Registrar under this Act or any other Act by a Deputy Registrar does not prevent the exercise of the power, or the performance of the function, by the Registrar.

             (5)  If the exercise of a power or function by the Registrar, or the operation of a provision of this Act or any other Act, depends on the opinion, belief or state of mind of the Registrar in relation to a matter:

                     (a)  that power or function may be exercised by a Deputy Registrar upon the opinion, belief or state of mind of the Deputy Registrar in relation to that matter; and

                     (b)  that provision may operate upon the opinion, belief or state of mind of a Deputy Registrar in relation to that matter.