Commonwealth Numbered Acts

INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMERCE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1989 No. 10 of 1990 - SECT 19

19. After section 10 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted in
Part II: False representations about the Designs Office

"11. (1) A person must not use, in connection with his or her business, words
that would reasonably lead to the belief that his or her office is, or is
officially connected with, the Designs Office.
Penalty: $3,000.

"(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a person who:

   (a)  places, or allows to be placed, on the building in which his or her
        office is situated; or

   (b)  uses when advertising his or her office or business; or

   (c)  places on a document, as a description of his or her office or
        business; the words 'Office for registering designs', or words of
        similar import, whether alone or together with other words, is guilty
        of an offence against that subsection.".