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as in section 23 of the Act.
expedited dispatch means a means of supplying documents that can reasonably be expected usually to be faster than ordinary post.
further design means a design that is disclosed in a design application, but that has not been identified, by the applicant, as being a separate design disclosed in the application.
initial application has the same meaning as in section 23 of the Act.
Official Journal means the Official Journal of Designs periodically published by the Registrar.
old Act means the Designs Act 1906.
old Regulations means the Designs Regulations 1982.
transitional application has the meaning given by subregulation 12.03(6).
 (1A) The Registrar may, in writing, approve a form for the purposes of a provision of these Regulations.
 (2) For these Regulations, a document is taken to be in the approved form if it contains all the information that the form requires.
 (3) A reference in these Regulations to:
 (a) the giving of a notice or other document to the Registrar; or
 (b) the making of a request or an application to the Registrar;
includes a reference to the filing of the notice, document, request or application.

1.05  Convention country
  For the definition of Convention country in subsection 5A(1) of the Act, the following countries are prescribed:
 (a) a foreign country that is a signatory to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of 20 March 1883, as in force from time to time;
 (b) a foreign country that is a full member of the World Trade Organization.
Note 1: For signatories to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, see www.wipo.int.
Note 2: For full members of the World Trade Organization, see www.wto.org.

1.06  Giving of documents by Registrar
 (1) For these Regulations, the Registrar may give a document to a person by:
 (a) making the document available to the person in an electronic form; and
 (b) notifying the person that the document is available.
 (2) If the Registrar gives a document to a person, the document is taken to have been given to the person on the day the document is dated by the Registrar.

Chapter 3—Design applications

Part 3.2—Applications

3.01  Minimum filing requirements
  For subsection 21(2) of the Act, each of the following requirements is prescribed:
 (a) the application must include information that indicates that what is filed is intended to be a design application;
 (b) the application must include information that:
 (i) allows the identity of 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