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the applicant to be established; and
 (ii) allows the applicant to be contacted;
 (c) the application must include a representation, or information that appears to be a representation, of each design.

3.02  Applications covering excluded designs
  For subsection 23(2) of the Act, the prescribed period:
 (a) begins immediately after the Registrar has received the request to amend the initial application under section 28 of the Act to exclude the excluded design or designs; and
 (b) ends immediately before the earlier of:
 (i) the lapse or withdrawal of the initial application; and
 (ii) the registration of a design disclosed in the initial application.

3.04  Publication of receipt of application
 (1) For section 25 of the Act, the details prescribed in relation to each design application that meets the minimum filing requirements are the following details for each design disclosed in the application:
 (a) the design number;
 (b) the name of the applicant or the entitled person;
 (c) the filing date of the application;
 (d) if applicable:
 (i) details about any basic application made in respect of the design; and
 (ii) the design number that was allocated to the excluded design in the initial application;
 (e) if stated in the application—the product or products to which the design relates.
Note: For a design application in respect of a design excluded from certain transitional applications, see also regulation 12.03.
 (2) The Registrar must publish the details in the Official Journal.

3.05  Filing date
  For section 26 of the Act, the filing date of a design application is the day when the application meets the minimum filing requirements.
Note: For the filing date of a converted application, see section 160 of the Act.

3.06  Priority date—designs disclosed in basic applications
 (1) In this regulation:
basic application, in respect of a design, means an application for protection of the design, being an application that is made in a Convention country in accordance with these Regulations.
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph 27(1)(b) of the Act, if the design application is filed within 6 months after the date on which the basic application was made, the prescribed date is the day when the basic application was made.
 (3) If a copy of the basic application is not filed within 2 months after the Registrar has made a request (if any) for a copy, subregulation (2) is taken not to apply to the design.
Note: Under regulation 11.18, a document that is not in English must be accompanied by a verified translation.
 (4) For paragraph 27(1)(b) of the Act, if subregulation (2) does not apply to the design, the prescribed date is the filing date of the design application.
 (5) If 2 or more basic applications have