Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1982 No. 72 DESIGNS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - SCHEDULE 3

SCHEDULE 3
Regulation 52
FORMAL REQUIREMENTS

PART I-Requirements in relation to documents other han representations

1. Documents shall be written in the English language on tough, opaque white
paper of good quality, the thickness of three hundred sheets of which is not
less than 25 millimetres.

2. The sheets of the paper shall be International Organization for
Standardization size A4 (297 millimetres by 210 millimetres).

3. The contents of a document shall be written on one side only of the paper
in a carbonaceous or other permanent ink on which bleaching agents do not have
any effect.

4. The contents of a document shall be so written as to leave a margin of not
less than 50 millimetres on the left-hand side of each sheet.

5. If the contents of a document are in handwriting, the writing shall be
large and legible.

6. If the contents of a document are printed, all text matter shall be in
characters the capital letters of which are not less than 0.21 centimetres
high, and shall be in a dark, indelible colour, so presented as to admit of
direct reproduction by photography, electrostatic processes, photo offset and
microfilming, in any number of copies.

7. The signature of the person signing a document and the date of signature
shall be placed on the last sheet of the document.

8. An interlineation, alteration, erasure or amendment made in a document
before it is lodged at the Designs Office shall be initialled by the person
who signs the document in the margin of the document opposite to the
interlineation, alteration, erasure or amendment.

PART II-Requirements in relation to representations

1. Originals of drawings and copies of drawings shall be executed on white
paper in durable, black, sufficiently dense and dark, uniformly thick and
well-defined, lines and strokes without colourings, and shall be so presented
as to admit of direct reproduction by photography, electrostatic processes,
photo offset and microfilming, in any number of copies.

2. Tracings shall be in ink and shall be mounted on strong paper of good
quality or on other paper approved by the Registrar.

3. Photographs shall be clear original photographs in black and white or
colour produced by a dye transfer or dye destruction process. With photographs
of specimens, the specimen must be photographed against a neutral background.

4. Photographs shall be mounted on strong paper of good quality; paper and
mounting adhesive shall be of such a nature as not to cause deterioration of
the photograph.

5. Drawings, tracings and photographs shall not be creased or folded.

6. Paper shall be International Organization for Standardization size A4 (297
millimetres by 210 millimetres).

7. Words, letters or numerals or other extraneous matter shall not appear in a
drawing, tracing or photograph unless they are of the essence of the design.

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