Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00672:section:151
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00672
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 151
Character Range: 156966–158062

151  Application of this Act to certain designs
 (1) This section applies to the following designs:
 (a) a design registered under the old Act immediately before the commencing day;
 (b) a design registered after the commencing day as a result of a design application to which the old Act continued to apply because of section 153.
 (2) The design:
 (a) is taken to be registered under this Act:
 (i) in the case of a design mentioned in paragraph (1)(a)—on and from the commencing day; and
 (ii) in the case of a design mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)—on and from the day on which the design was registered; and
 (b) is taken to have been examined by the Registrar under Part 3 of Chapter 5 and a certificate of examination is taken to have been issued under section 67.
 (3) However, despite subsection (2):
 (a) the old Act continues to apply for the purposes of determining the validity of the registration of the design; and
 (b) this Act does not apply for the purposes of determining the validity of the registration of the design; and
 (c) the design must not be examined under Chapter 5.