Designs Act, 1993 (Act No. 195 of 1993)RegulationsDesigns Regulations, 199926. |
| (1) | An application for the registration of a design shall be examined by the registrar to ensure that the documents lodged are legible and capable of reproduction and comply with prescribed requirements as to form, and that the design is classified, and if in his opinion there is no objection to the registration of the design, and subject to subregulation (2), he shall register it. |
| (2) | If the applicant has lodged a request on Form D4 that examination of the design be delayed to a date not later than the date by which the application has to be finalised in terms of regulation 32, the registrar shall, if the requirements as set out in subregulation (1) have been complied with and in his opinion there is no objection to the registration of the design, register the design on the date to which registration has been delayed. |
| (3) | Where the applicant has lodged a request for the registration of a design to be delayed as contemplated in subregulation (2), and the application is not in a form ready for registration by the date by which the application has to be finalised in terms of regulation 32, the application shall be dealt with in the manner as provided in regulation 32. |