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11.18 Documents to be in English
11.18A Publication of notices in the Official Journal
11.19 Service of documents
11.21 Death of applicant or registered owner (Act s 146, s 147)
11.22 Exercise of discretionary powers by Registrar
11.23 Written submissions and oral hearings
11.24 Practice and procedure in relation to applications, oppositions and other matters
11.25 Giving of oral evidence
11.26 Declarations
11.27 Non compliance in relation to documents other than design applications
11.27A Consequences for evidence not meeting filing requirements
11.28 Directions for actions not otherwise prescribed
11.29 Acting for persons unable to act
11.30 Requirements that cannot be complied with for reasonable causes
11.31 Review of decisions
11.32 Period for doing certain acts—office not open for business
11.33 Days when office not open for business
11.34 Period for doing certain acts—acts to which section 136A does not apply
Chapter 12—Application, saving and transitional provisions
Part 1—General
12.01 Conversion of transitional applications
12.02 Former Designs Regulations—transitional
12.03 Designs excluded from transitional applications that are not converted applications
12.04 Protection and compensation provisions—transitional
Part 2—Amendments made by particular instruments
12.05 Amendments made by the Intellectual Property Legislation Amendment (Raising the Bar) Regulation 2013 (No. 1)
Part 3—Amendments made by the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 1 and Other Measures) Regulations 2018
12.06 Amendments made by Part 2 of Schedule 2
12.07 Amendments made by Part 3 of Schedule 2
12.08 Amendments made by Part 9 of Schedule 2
Part 4—Amendments made by the Designs Amendment (Advisory Council on Intellectual Property Response) Regulations 2021
12.09 Registration of designs—removal of publication option
12.10 Priority date where application for protection made in a Convention country
12.11 Formal requirements
Part 5—Amendments made by the Intellectual Property Legislation Amendment (Fee Amounts and Other Measures) Regulations 2024
12.12 Application of amendments
Schedule 3—Costs
Part 1—Costs
Part 2—Expenses and allowances
Division 1—Expenses
Division 2—Allowances
Schedule 4—Fees
1 Table of fees
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history

Chapter 1—Introductory

1.01  Name of Regulations
  These Regulations are the Designs Regulations 2004.

1.04  Interpretation
 (1) In these Regulations:
Act means the Designs Act 2003.
approved form, in relation to a provision of these Regulations, means a form approved in an instrument under subregulation (1A) for the purposes of that provision.
basic application has the meaning given by subregulation 3.06(1).
designer has the same meaning as in paragraph 13(1)(a) of the Act.
excluded design has the same meaning 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