Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) The Registrar may, of his or her own motion, amend an entry in the Register to correct a clerical error or an obvious mistake.
(2) The Registrar may, on request made in the approved form, amend an entry in the Register:
(a) to correct a clerical error or an obvious mistake; or
(b) if a name or an address entered in the Register has been changed -- to change the name or address.
(3) If the Registrar proposes to amend an entry in the Register, the Registrar may give notice of the proposed amendment to a person who is entered in the Register as having an interest in the design.
(4) If a proposed amendment of an entry would materially alter the meaning or scope of the entry, the Registrar must publish, in the Official Journal , a notice of the request to amend the entry.
(5) If the Registrar publishes a notice under subregulation (4):
(a) a person may, by giving written notice to the Registrar within 1 month of the publication of the Registrar's notice, oppose the amendment; and
(b) if a person opposes the amendment under paragraph (a), the person must serve a copy of the notice of opposition on the person who requested the amendment ; and
(c) the Registrar must amend the entry:
(i) if no person opposes the amendment -- as requested; or
(ii) if notice of opposition is given -- subject to the decision of the Registrar or, if applicable, of a tribunal or a prescribed court in respect of the opposition.
Note If a person gives a notice of opposition to the Registrar after the period set out in paragraph (a), the person will need an extension of time under section 137 of the Act.