Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DESIGNS ACT 2003 - SECT 40

             (1)  This section applies if:

                     (a)  more than one design is disclosed in a design application; and

                     (b)  the applicant has requested registration of one or more of those designs.

             (2)  The Registrar must register a design requested to be registered if the Registrar is satisfied of the following:

                     (a)  that each product to which the design relates belongs to the same Locarno Agreement class;

                     (b)  if the design requested to be registered is purportedly a common design in relation to more than one product--that the design is a common design in relation to each product;

                     (c)  that the design application satisfies the formalities check specified in the regulations;

                     (d)  that the Registrar is not required to refuse to register the design under subsection 43(1).