DESIGNS REGULATIONS 2004 - REG 4.11 Revocation of registration on surrender

DESIGNS REGULATIONS 2004 - REG 4.11

  (1)   For paragraph   50(2)(a) of the Act, each other person who is entered on the Register as having an interest in the design is prescribed.

  (2)   For paragraph   50(2)(b) of the Act, a person mentioned in subregulation   (1) may make a submission:

  (a)   in writing; and

  (b)   within 1 month after the date of the notice under paragraph   50(2)(a) of the Act.

  (3)   The Registrar must also publish, in the Official Journal , a notice of the offer received under section   49 of the Act.

  (4)   If an interested person wishes to be heard in relation to the offer, he or she must, within 1 month after the date of publication of the notice mentioned in subregulation   (3), give notice to the Registrar of his or her wish to be heard.

  (5)   The Registrar may, as a preliminary issue, hear and determine the question whether a person is an interested person.

  (6)   If an interested person gives notice to the Registrar under subregulation   (4), the Registrar must give the person an opportunity to be heard before exercising his or her powers under subsection   50(3) of the Act.