Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DESIGNS ACT 2003 - SECT 43

             (1)  The Registrar must refuse to register a design if:

                     (a)  the design is a design, or belongs to a class of designs, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph; or

                     (b)  the Registrar must not register the design because of section 18 of the Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987 ; or

                     (c)  the design is in relation to a product that is:

                              (i)  an integrated circuit within the meaning of the Circuit Layouts Act 1989 ; or

                             (ii)  part of such an integrated circuit; or

                            (iii)  a mask used to make such an integrated circuit; or

                     (d)  the design is subject to an order under section 108.

             (2)  Subject to section 42, the Registrar must refuse to register a design disclosed in a design application in respect of which the Registrar has given a notice under section 41, if the applicant has not:

                     (a)  amended the application; or

                     (b)  responded in writing to the notice stating why the applicant considers that the application does not need to be amended;

in such a way that the Registrar is satisfied as mentioned in section 39 or 40 in relation to the design application.

             (3)  The Registrar must notify the applicant in writing of a refusal under subsection (1) or (2). The notice must set out the reasons for the refusal.