{"id":"C1907L00051","name":"Designs Regulations 1906","slug":"designs-regulations-1906","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"51 of 1907","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":20315,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1907L00051-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Designs Regulations 1906","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1907\\. No. 51.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE DESIGNS ACT 1906.\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Designs Act 1906, to come into operation forthwith. Such Regulations to supersede the Provisional Regulations (Statutory Rules 1906, No. 117) under the said Act, made on the 28th day of December, 1906.\n\nDated this eighth day of May, One thousand nine hundred and seven.\n\nNORTHCOTE,\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nAUSTIN CHAPMAN.\n\nDESIGNS REGULATIONS.\n\nPart I.—Preliminary.\n\nDivision 1.—General Provisions.\n\nParts\n\n1. These Regulations are divided into parts as follows:—\n\nPart I.—Preliminary.\n\nDivision 1. General Provisions.\n\nDivision 2. Agents.\n\nPart II.—Registration of Designs.\n\nPart III.—Appeals.\n\nDivision 1. Appeal to the Law Officer.\n\nDivision 2. Appeal to the Supreme Court.\n\nPart IV.—The Register of Designs.\n\nDivision 1. General.\n\nDivision 2. Correction or Rectification of the Register.\n\nPart V.—Miscellaneous.\n\nShort title.\n\n2. These Regulations may be cited as the Designs Regulations 1906.\n\nDefinitions.\n\n3. In these Regulations:—\n\n“The Act” means the Designs Act 1906.\n\n“Official Journal” means the Australian Official Journal of Trade Marks.\n\nC.5138.—Price 5d.\n\n \n\nClassification of articles.\n\n4. The prescribed classification of articles for the purposes of the Act and these Regulations shall be as set out in the First Schedule.\n\nFees.\n\n5. (1) The Fees to be paid under the Act and these Regulations shall be as set out in the Second Schedule.\n\n(2) Fees must be paid in cash.\n\nForms.\n\n6. The Forms contained in the Third Schedule may be used in any proceeding or matter under the Act or these Regulations, to which they are appropriate, but may be modified, as directed by the Registrar, to meet particular cases.\n\nHours of business.\n\n7. Except in the case of holidays observed under the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902, the Designs Office shall be open to the public on week days (other than Saturdays) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon.\n\nAddress for service.\n\n8. If the Registrar so requires, every applicant shall state an address for service at some place in or near to the city in which the Designs Office is situate.\n\nSize, &c., of documents.\n\n9. Subject to these Regulations and to any directions from time to time given by the Registrar, an application for the registration of a design, and all drawings, sketches, photographs, or tracings of a design, and all other documents required by the Act or Regulations to be left at or sent to the Designs Office or a sub-office, shall be upon strong foolscap paper (on one side only), of an approximate size of 13 inches by 8 inches, and shall have on the left thereof a margin of not less than one inch and a half.\n\nDivision 2.—Agents.\n\nAppointment of agent.\n\n10. Any applicant may appoint some person residing in Australia to be his agent, to represent him in relation to a design, either generally or for any specified purpose.\n\nForm of appointment.\n\n11. The appointment of an agent must be in writing, and may be in accordance with Form D, and must be lodged at the Designs Office.\n\nAgent to represent principal.\n\n12. Applications and other documents may be signed by an agent on behalf of his principal, and all communications between the Registrar and the principal may be sent to the agent, and service on the agent shall be deemed service on the principal.\n\nRegistrar’s discretion as to agents.\n\n13. The Registrar shall not be bound to recognise as an agent, or to receive further communications from any person who has been convicted criminally or whose name has been removed from the Register of Patent Attorneys, kept under the provisions of the Patents Act 1903, and not since restored. The Registrar may, in his discretion, also refuse to receive communications from any agent whose conduct, in the Registrar’s opinion, is calculated to prejudice the applicant’s interest, and may call on the applicant either to appoint a more suitable agent, or to communicate directly with the Registrar.\n\nPart II.—Registration of Designs.\n\nApplication to be in writing.\n\n14. An application for the registration of a design must be made in writing, and must set out the name and address of the applicant.\n\nSignature to applications.\n\n15. An application must be signed by the applicant, but the following shall be sufficient:—\n\n(a) If the application is made by a firm, the firm’s signature thereto may be made by any member of the firm.\n\n(b) If the application is made by a body corporate, it may be signed by a director or by the secretary, or some principal officer thereof, on behalf of the body corporate.\n\n \n\nRequisites of application.\n\n16. An application for the registration of a design shall be accompanied by twelve sketches, specimens, drawings, or photographs of the design, or by one tracing thereof, and shall, in describing the nature of the design, state whether it is applicable for the pattern or for the shape or configuration of the design, and the means by which it is applicable.\n\nWhen sketches, drawings, or photographs are furnished, seven of them must be affixed to Forms B and five unaffixed.\n\nWhen in lieu of sketches, drawings, or photographs, a tracing is furnished, there shall be printed upon the tracing the particulars required by Form B to be inserted.\n\nForm of application.\n\n17. The application may be in such of the Forms A, A1, or A2 as is applicable to the case.\n\nApplications when lodged to be indorsed with actual time of receipt.\n\n18. Every application for registration of a design shall be indorsed with the actual time of its receipt, either at the Designs Office or at a sub-office. For the purposes of this Regulation, the time at which an application is lodged shall be reckoned according to the standard or legal time in the State in which the Designs Office or sub-office in which the application is lodged is situated.\n\nManner of recording applications.\n\n19. Applications for registration of designs sent by pre-paid letter through the post shall, as far as practicable, be recorded in the order in which the letters containing them were delivered at the Designs Office or sub-office; or, in the case of letters delivered at the same time, in the order in which they are opened.\n\nAcknowledgment of application.\n\n20. On receipt of the application, the Registrar shall furnish the applicant with an acknowledgment thereof.\n\nNotice of objection to registration.\n\n21. If the Registrar is of opinion that the design is not new or original, or has been published in Australia, or that some bar to its registration exists, he shall give notice thereof to the applicant. The notice may state the grounds of the Registrar’s opinion, and shall inform the applicant that he is entitled to be heard personally, or by his agent, before the Registrar deals with the application.\n\nNotice of application for hearing.\n\n22. Within fourteen days from the receipt of the notice, or such further same as is fixed by the notice, the applicant shall notify to the Registrar whether or not he desires to be heard upon the matter, and in default of his doing so, the application shall be deemed to be abandoned.\n\nNotice of hearing.\n\n23. If the applicant notifies the Registrar that he desires to be heard, the Registrar shall fix a time for the hearing, and shall give to the applicant not less than ten days’ notice of the time so fixed, and if the applicant fails to appear personally, or by his agent, at the time fixed for the hearing, the application shall be deemed to be abandoned.\n\nHearing.\n\n24. On the hearing, the Registrar shall hear the applicant, and shall consider the application, and shall decide whether to register the design either generally or in respect only of certain articles in the class in which registration is applied for, or to refuse it.\n\nAdvertisement of registration.\n\n25. After the registration of any design, a notice of such registration shall be inserted in the Official Journal.\n\nPart III.—Appeals.\n\nDivision 1.—Appeal to the Law Officer.\n\nNotice of appeal.\n\n26. When any applicant intends to appeal to the Law Officer from a decision of the Registrar, he shall, within one month from the date of the decision appealed against, send to the Law Officer and to the Registrar notice of appeal in writing, setting out the grounds of appeal.\n\nService of copies.\n\n27. If the applicant lodges any declaration or document with the Law Officer, he shall, on the same day, serve a copy thereof on the Registrar.\n\na 2\n\nTransmission of documents.\n\n28. The Registrar shall forward to the Law Officer all documents and evidence used before him, with such observations as he sees fit to make on the case.\n\nDirections by Law Officer.\n\n29. The Law Officer may give such directions (if any) as he thinks fit with respect to the hearing of the appeal.\n\nHearing of appeal.\n\n30. Seven days’ notice of the time and place appointed for the hearing, or such shorter notice as the Law Officer in any particular case directs, shall be given to the Registrar and to the applicant.\n\nEvidence.\n\n31. Subject to the direction and leave of the Law Officer, the evidence to be used on the appeal to the Law Officer shall be the same as that used at the hearing before the Registrar.\n\nDivision 2.—Appeal to the Supreme Court.\n\nNotice of appeal.\n\n32. When any applicant intends to appeal to the Supreme Court from a decision of the Law Officer, he shall, within one month from the date of the decision appealed against, send to the Registrar notice of appeal in writing, setting out the grounds of appeal, and file a copy of the notice in the Court.\n\nService of copies.\n\n33. If the applicant files any affidavit or document in the Court, he shall, on the same day, serve a copy thereof on the Registrar.\n\nTransmission of documents.\n\n34. The Registrar shall forward to the proper Officer of the Court all documents and evidence used on the hearing before him.\n\nProcedure in Court.\n\n35. The procedure in the Supreme Court in relation to the appeal shall be as directed by Rules of Court, or as the Court or a judge thereof in each case directs.\n\nDismissal for want of prosecution.\n\n36. If the applicant fails to prosecute the appeal with due diligence, the Court or a Judge thereof may order it to be dismissed.\n\nPart IV.—The Register of Designs.\n\nDivision 1.—General.\n\nTime of registration of designs.\n\n37. Upon the sealing of a certificate of registration, the Registrar shall cause to be entered in the Register of Designs the particulars set forth in section 33 of the Act, with such others as appear to him to be expedient in the public interest.\n\nRequest by subsequent proprietor.\n\n38. When a person becomes entitled to the copyright in a registered design, or to any share or interest therein, by assignment, transmission, or other operation of law, or where a person acquires any right to apply the design, either exclusively or otherwise, a request for the entry of his name in the Register as such proprietor of the design, or as having acquired such right, as the case may be, shall be addressed to the Registrar, and left at the Designs Office.\n\nSignature to request.\n\n39. Every such request shall, in the case of an individual, be made and signed by him; and in the case of a firm or partnership, by some one or more members of such firm or partnership; or in either case, by his or their agent respectively, duly authorized to the satisfaction of the Registrar; and in the case of a body corporate, by a director or secretary or principal officer thereof, or by the agent of the body corporate.\n\nParticulars in request.\n\n40. Every such request shall state the name, address, and description of the claimant, and the particulars of the assignment, transmission, or other operation of law, by virtue of which the request is made, so as to show the manner in which, and the person to whom, the design has been assigned or transmitted, or the person who has acquired such right as aforesaid, as the case may be.\n\n \n\nDeclaration with request.\n\n41. Every such request shall be accompanied by or have written thereon a declaration verifying the several statements therein, and declaring that the particulars stated in the request comprise every material fact and document affecting the proprietorship of the design or the right to apply it, as the case, may be, as claimed by such request.\n\nProof of title if required.\n\n42. The claimant shall furnish to the Registrar such other proof of title as he requires for his satisfaction.\n\nHours of inspection of register.\n\n43. The Register shall be open to the inspection of the public during office hours on every day during which the Designs Office is open, except on the days and at the times following:—\n\n(a) Days which are from time to time notified by a placard posted in a conspicuous place at the Designs Office.\n\n(b) Times when the Register is required for any purpose of official use.\n\nDivision 2.—Correction or Rectification of the Register.\n\nCorrection of register.\n\n44. A request for the alteration of the Register in pursuance of section 37 of the Act may be in accordance with Form L, and shall be lodged at the Designs Office, accompanied by the prescribed fee.\n\nNotice to Registrar.\n\n45. Four clear days’ notice of every application to the Supreme Court under section 39 of the Act shall be given to the Registrar.\n\nNotice of order of Court.\n\n46. Where an order has been made by the Supreme Court for the rectification of the Register, the person or persons in whose favour the order has been made, or such one of them, if more than one, as the Court directs, shall forthwith send to the Registrar an office copy of the order. The Register shall thereupon be rectified, in accordance with the order of the Court.\n\nPublication of rectification or variation of register.\n\n47. Whenever an order affecting the Register is made by the Supreme Court, or by the High Court on appeal therefrom, the Registrar shall publish, by advertisement in the Official Journal, the terms of the order, and such circumstances connected with the making of it as, in his opinion, should be published in the public interest.\n\nPart V.—Miscellaneous.\n\nEvidence.\n\n48. Except where the Registrar otherwise directs, evidence to be used before him shall be given by declaration.\n\nDispensing with evidence.\n\n49. Where, under these Regulations, any person is required to do any act or thing, or to sign any document, or to make any declaration, or produce to or leave with the Registrar, or at the Designs Office, any document or evidence, and it is shown to the satisfaction of the Registrar that from any reasonable cause that person is unable to comply with the requirement, the Registrar may, upon the production of such other evidence, and subject to such terms as he thinks fit dispense with the requirement.\n\nDeclarations.\n\n50. (1) Declarations for the purposes of the Act and these Regulations may be taken or made before any of the following persons:—\n\n(a) In Australia—the Registrar, a Deputy Registrar, a Notary Public, a Justice of the Peace, a Commissioner for Affidavits, or any person authorized by any Act or State Act to administer oaths or take declarations;\n\n(b) In British Dominions other than Australia—any Judge, Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, or Commissioner for Oaths or Affidavits, or any person authorized by law to administer oaths or take declarations;\n\n(c) In foreign countries—any Judge of a Superior Court, British Consul or Consular Officer, or Notary Public.\n\n \n\n(2) The Registrar may take notice of the signature to any declaration, and of the signature of the person before whom it purports to have been declared, without proof of those signatures or of the official character of the person before whom the declaration purports to have been made.\n\nRegistrar may enlarge time.\n\n51. The time prescribed by these Regulations for doing any act or taking any proceeding thereunder may be enlarged by the Registrar, if he thinks fit, and upon such terms as he directs.\n\nRegistration marks.\n\n52. Before delivery on sale of any article to which a registered design has been applied, the proprietor of the design shall, if the article is included in Class 12 or Class 13 in the First Schedule, cause the article to be marked with the abbreviation “Regd.,” and shall, if the article is included in any of the Classes, 1 to 11 or in Class 14 in the First Schedule, cause the article to be marked with the abbreviation “Rd.,” and also, in the case of articles other than lace, with the number appearing on the certificate of registration.\n\nExercise of discretionary power by Registrar.\n\n53. Before exercising any discretionary power given to the Registrar by the Act adversely to an applicant for registration of a design, the Registrar shall (if so required by the applicant within one month from the date of the Registrar’s objection), give the applicant an opportunity of being heard personally or by his agent, by sending the applicant at least ten days’ notice of a time when he may be so heard.\n\nNotice of wish to be heard before Registrar.\n\n54. Within five days from the date when such notice would be delivered in the ordinary course of post, or such longer time as the Registrar appoints in me notice, the applicant shall notify to the Registrar whether or not he desires to be heard in the matter.\n\nNotification of decision.\n\n55. The decision of the Registrar shall be notified to the applicant in writing.\n\nFailure by applicant to notify Registrar.\n\n56. If the applicant fails to notify the Registrar within the time allowed that he desires to be heard in the matter, the application shall be deemed to be abandoned.\n\nCertificate by Registrar.\n\n57. The Registrar, when required for the purpose of any legal proceeding or other special purpose to give a certificate as to any entry, matter, or thing which he is authorized by the Act of these Regulations to make or do, may, on receipt of a request in writing, and on payment of the prescribed fee, give that certificate, and shall specify on the face of it the legal proceeding or other purpose for which the certificate is granted.\n\nAdvertisements.\n\n58. All advertisements, notices, or documents, which by the Act or by these Regulations are required to be published, shall be advertised in the Official Journal.\n\nAmendment of documents.\n\n59. Any document or drawing or other representation of a design for the amending of which no special provision is made by the Act or these Regulations, may be amended, and any irregularity in procedure which, in the opinion of the Registrar, may be waived without detriment to the interests of any person, may be corrected, if the Registrar thinks fit, and on such terms as he directs.\n\n \n\nFIRST SCHEDULE.\n\nCLASSIFICATION OF ARTICLES.\n\nClasses.\n\n1. Articles composed wholly or chiefly of metal, not included in Class 2.\n\n2. Jewellery.\n\n3. Articles composed wholly or chiefly of wood, bone, ivory, papier mâché, or other solid substances not included in other classes.\n\n4. Articles composed wholly or chiefly of glass, earthenware, or porcelain, bricks, tiles, or cement.\n\n5. Articles composed wholly or chiefly of paper (except hangings).\n\n6. Articles composed wholly or chiefly of leather, including book-binding, of all materials.\n\n7. Paper hangings.\n\n8. Carpets and rugs in all materials, floorcloths, and oilcloths.\n\n9. Lace, hosiery.\n\n10. Millinery and wearing apparel, including boots and shoes.\n\n11. Ornamental needlework on muslin or other textile fabrics.\n\n12 Printed or woven designs on textile piece goods.\n\n13. Printed or woven designs on handkerchiefs and shawls.\n\n14. Articles not included in other classes.\n\nTHE SECOND SCHEDULE.\n\nFEES.\n\n```html\n

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\n```\n\n \n\nTHE THIRD SCHEDULE.\n\nDesigns. Form a.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Designs Act 1906.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF DESIGN IN CLASS No.\n\n(By the Author.)\n\nI (1) of (2) \n(3) hereby make application for the registration of the accompanying design in Class (4) in respect of (5) , under the provisions of the Designs Act 1906 and I do hereby declare that such design is new and original, and has not yet been published in Australia.\n\nAnd I do further declare that I am the author of the said design, and that I have not effected an assignment or transmission of my right therein.\n\nThe nature of the design is as follows:—(6)\n\nAnd I make this declaration, conscientiously believing it to be true.\n\n(7)\n\nDeclared before me at , the day of , 19 .\n\n(8)\n\nTo the Registrar of Designs,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Name of applicant (in full).\n\n(2) Address.\n\n(3) Occupation.\n\n(4) Here set out class in which it is desired to register the design. A separate application form is required for each separate class.\n\n(5) Only articles comprised in any one class may he set out here.\n\n(6) Here insert statement of nature of design, and state whether it is applicable for the pattern.\n\nor for the shape or configuration of the design, and the means by which it is applicable.\n\n(7) Signature of applicant.\n\n(8) To be signed by the person before whom the declaration is made.\n\nDesigns. Form A1.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Designs Act 1906.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF DESIGN IN CLASS No.\n\n(By the person entitled by assignment to apply for registration.)\n\nI (1) of (2) \n(3) hereby make application for the registration of the accompanying design in Class (4) in respect of (5) \n, under the provisions of the Designs Act 1906, and I do hereby declare that such design is new and original, and has not yet been published in Australia.\n\nAnd I do further declare that (6)\n\nis the author thereof, and that he has assigned his interest to (7)\n\nIn proof whereof I forward the accompanying deed(s) of assignment, with an attested copy (8) thereof.\n\nThe nature of the design is as follows:—(9)\n\nAnd I make this declaration conscientiously believing it to be true.\n\n(10)\n\nDeclared before me at , the day of , 19 .\n\n(11)\n\nTo the Registrar of Designs,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Name of applicant (in full).\n\n(2) Address.\n\n(3) Occupation.\n\n(4) Here set out number of class in which it is desired to register the design. A separate applications form is required for each separate class.\n\n(5) Only articles comprised many one class may be set out here.\n\n(6) Here insert full name, address, and occupation of author.\n\n(7) Where the applicant is the assignee of the author insert “me”. Where there are one or more intermediate assignments, particulars of each must be inserted, e.g., “A.B., who has assigned his interest to C.D., who has assigned his interest to me.”\n\n(8) Or “with attested copies,” as the case may be.\n\n(9) Here insert statement of nature of design, and state whether it is applicable for the pattern or for the shape or configuration of the design, and the means by which it is applicable.\n\n(10) Signature of applicant.\n\n(11) To be signed by the person before whom the declaration is made.\n\n \nDesigns.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Designs Act 1906.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF DESIGN IN CLASS No.\n\n(By the Author jointly with the Assignee of a part interest in the design.)\n\nWe (1) hereby make application for the registration of the accompanying design in Class (2) , in respect of (3) under the provisions of the Designs Act 1906, and we do hereby declare that such design is new and original, and has not yet been published in Australia.\n\nAnd I (4) do hereby declare that I am the author of the said design, and that I have not effected any assignment or transmission of my rights therein other than to the aforesaid (5) .\n\nAnd I (5) do hereby declare that I am the assignee of a part interest in the design.\n\nThe nature of the design is as follows:—(6)\n\nAnd we make this declaration conscientiously believing it to be true.\n\n(7)\n\nDeclared before me at , the day of , 19 .\n\n(8)\n\nTo the Registrar of Designs,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) names, addresses, and occupations of applicants.\n\n(2) Here set out class in which it is desired to register the design. A separate application form is required for each separate class.\n\n(3) Only articles comprised in any one class may be set out here.\n\n(4) Here insert name (in full) of the author.\n\n(5) Here insert name (in full) of the assignee.\n\n(6) Here insert statement of nature of design, and state whether it is applicable for the pattern or for the shape or configuration of the design and the means by which it is applicable.\n\n(7) To be signed by both applicants.\n\n(8) To be signed by the person before whom the declaration is made.\n\nDesigns. Form B.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Designs Act 1906.\n\nADDITIONAL REPRESENTATION OF DESIGN TO ACCOMPANY APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION.\n\nName of Applicant (1)\n\nNumber of Application (2)\n\nDate of Application (2)\n\nArticles in respect of which registration applied for (4)\n\nClass No. (3)\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nNote.—Seven or these Additional Representations of the Design, and Five:Unaffixed Representations, must accompany each application.\n\nStatement of nature of design:—(5)\n\n(6)\n\n(1) Name in full.\n\n(2) The number and date will be inserted by the office.\n\n(3) Number of class (in figures).\n\n(4) List of articles to be the same as that contained in the form of application.\n\n(5) Here insert statement of the nature of the design in same terms as that contained in the form of application.\n\n(6) To be signed by the applicant or his agent. Where an agent signs on behalf of an applicants the words “Agent for the applicant” must be added after his signature.\n\n \nDesigns Form C.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Designs Act 1906.\n\nSTATEMENT OF ADDRESS.\n\nSir,\n\nI hereby authorize and request you to send all notices in connexion with my application for registration of a design in Class (1) to\n\nDated this day of , 19\n\n(2)\n\nTo the Registrar of Designs,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nNote.—A particular address must be given. An address such as “General Post Office, Melbourne,” will not be accepted.\n\n(1) Here set out class in which it is desired to register the design.\n\n(2) Signature of applicant.\n\nDesigns Form D.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Designs Act 1906.\n\nAPPOINTMENT OF AGENT.\n\nSir,\n\nI/We (1) hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint (2) of (3) , in the Commonwealth of Australia (4), to be my/our agent (5) for me/us and in my/our name (6) and for that purpose to sign on my/our behalf all documents (except such as are expressly required by the Designs Act 1906 or the Regulations to be signed by me/us personally), that my/our said agent may think necessary or desirable; and I/we further empower my/our said agent to alter and amend any documents, whether originally executed by me/us or on my/our behalf, in any manner which may be necessary.\n\nDated this day of , 19 .\n\n(7)\n\nWitness—\n\nTo the Registrar of Designs,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) name, address, and occupation of principal.\n\n(2) Here insert (in full) name of agent.\n\n(3) Here insert full address of agent.\n\n(4) Here insert occupation of agent.\n\n(5) Applicant may here insert the words “with full powers of substitution and revocation.”\n\n(6) Here insert purpose for which agent was appointed, such as “to apply for and obtain registration of my/our design (illustrated on back thereof) in the Commonwealth of Australia,” or such other words as are applicable to the case.\n\n(7) Signature of principal.\n\n \nDesigns Form E.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Designs Act 1906.\n\nFORM OF APPLICATION FOR HEARING.\n\n(Place)\n\n(Date)\n\nSIR,\n\nI (1) hereby apply to be heard in reference to (2) and request that I may receive due notice of the day fixed for the hearing.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour obedient servant,\n\n(3)\n\nTo the Registrar of Designs,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) name and address.\n\n(2) Here insert particulars of subject matter of desired hearing.\n\n(3) Signature.\n\nDesigns. Form F.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Designs Act 1906.\n\nNOTICE THAT HEARING BEFORE REGISTRAR WILL BE ATTENDED.\n\nIn the matter of the Application No. for registration of a Design in Class\n\n(Place)\n\n(Date)\n\nsir,\n\nI (1) hereby give notice that the hearing in reference to Application No. , dated the day of , 19 , will be attended by me or by some person on my behalf.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour obedient servant,\n\n(2)\n\nTo the Registrar of Designs,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) name and address.\n\n(2) Signature.\n\n \n\nDesigns Form G.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Designs Act 1906.\n\nNOTICE OF APPEAL TO LAW OFFICER.\n\nIn the matter of an application No. , by of , for registration of a Design in Class\n\nI hereby appeal against the decision of the Registrar of Designs (1) upon the following grounds:—(2)\n\n(3)\n\nTo the Law Officer, and to the Registrar of Designs,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here set out shortly the decision appealed against.\n\n(2) Here set out the grounds of appeal in numbered paragraphs.\n\n(3) Signature of appellant or his agent.\n\nDesigns. Form H.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n![C1907L00051.jpg](image.002.jpeg)\n\nThe Designs Act 1906.\n\nCERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF DESIGN.\n\nNo................\n\nI, , Registrar of Designs, do hereby certify that the design, a representation of which is shown hereunder, has been registered in Class , in respect of for a period of five years, as from the day of , 19 , and that , of has been entered on the Register of Designs as the owner thereof.\n\nRepresentation of the Design referred to in this Certificate.\n\n![](image.003.png)\n\nGiven under my hand and the seal of the Designs Office this day of , 19 .\n\nRegistrar of Designs.\n\n \nDesigns. Form I.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Designs Act 1906.\n\nREQUEST TO ENTER NAME OF SUBSEQUENT OWNER UPON THE REGISTER OF DESIGNS.\n\n(Place)\n\n(Date)\n\nI (1) hereby request that you will enter my name on the Register of Designs as owner of Design No. (2) , registered in Class (3) , which stands at present in the name of (4)\n\nI am entitled to be registered as owner of the said design by virtue of (5)\n\nIn proof whereof I transmit the accompanying (6) , with an attested copy thereof.\n\nAnd I declare that the particulars stated in this request comprise every material fact and document affecting the proprietorship of the design or the right to apply it, as the case may be, as claimed by this request.\n\nAnd I make this declaration conscientiously believing it to be true.\n\n(7)\n\nDeclared before me at , the day of , 19\n\n(8)\n\nTo the Registrar of Designs,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert (in full) name, address, and occupation of applicant.\n\n(2) Here insert registered number of design.\n\n(3) Here insert No. of class in which registered.\n\n(4) Here insert name of present registered owner.\n\n(5) Here insert particulars showing how transferee derives his title.\n\n(6) Here insert the nature of the document.\n\n(7) To be signed by the person applying for registration of the transfer.\n\n(8) To be signed by the person before whom the declaration is made.\n\nDesigns. Form J.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Designs Act 1906.\n\nREQUEST FOR CERTIFICATE FOR USE IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHER SPECIAL PURPOSE.\n\n(Place)\n\n(Date)\n\nSir,\n\nI (1) hereby request you to send me for the purpose of use in (2) a certificate that the design, of which a copy is herein enclosed, was (3)\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour obedient servant,\n\n(Signature)\n\nTo the Registrar of Designs,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert name and full address of person making request.\n\n(2) Here state title of legal proceeding, or other special purpose for which the certificate is desired.\n\n(3) Here state the entry, matter, or thing concerning which the writer desires a certificate.\n\nDesigns. Form K.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Designs Act 1906.\n\nCERTIFICATE FOR USE IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHER SPECIAL PURPOSE.\n\nIn the matter of , I, , Registrar of Designs, hereby certify that\n\nWitness my hand and the seal of the Designs Office this day of , 19 .\n\nRegistrar of Designs.\n\n \nDesigns. Form L.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia\n\nThe Designs Act 1906.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT OR ALTERATION OF THE REGISTER UNDER SECTION 37 OF THE ACT.\n\nI (1) , of (2) , (3) , the registered owner of design No. (4) , which has been entered on the Register of Designs, and dated as of the day of , 19 , request that you will amend or alter such Register in the following manner:—(5)\n\nAnd I do hereby declare that the reasons for making this application are as follow:—(6)\n\nAnd I make this declaration conscientiously believing it to be true.\n\n(7)\n\nDeclared before me at , the day of , 19\n\n(8)\n\nTo the Registrar of Designs,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Name (in full) of registered owner of design.\n\n(2) Address.\n\n(3) Occupation.\n\n(1) Here insert registered No. of design.\n\n(5) Here set out desired amendment or alteration of the Register.\n\n(6) Here furnish particulars of the reasons for desiring the amendment or alteration\n\n(7) To be signed by the registered owner.\n\n(8) To be signed by the person before whom the declaration is made.\n\nDesigns. Form M.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nThe Designs Act 1906.\n\nNOTICE OF ORDER OF THE COURT FOR RECTIFICATION OF THE REGISTER OF DESIGNS.\n\nIn the matter of the Design No. , registered in Class in the name of\n\nNotice is hereby given that, by an Order of the Court made on the day of , 19 , it was directed that (1)\n\nAn office copy of the Order of the Court is enclosed herewith.\n\nDated this day of 19\n\n(2)\n\nTo the Registrar of Designs,\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n(1) Here insert particulars of the terms of the order.\n\n(2) To be signed by the party seeking to enforce the order of the Court.\n\nBy Authority: J. Kemp, Government Printer, Melbourne.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":2516},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These regulations supersede provisional regulations made in 1906 but remain strictly within the scope of the Designs Act 1906. They establish the administrative framework for design registration—including application procedures, fees, and appeals—as contemplated by the parent Act, without expanding beyond the original legislative intent."},"complexity_factors":["59 regulations organized across 5 parts with multiple divisions and sub-divisions","14-class classification system for articles requiring precise categorisation","19 separate fee items with conditional rates varying by class and action","15 prescribed forms (Forms A through M) with detailed completion instructions","Multiple procedural deadlines (14 days for hearing requests, 1 month for appeals)","Dual-tier appeal system with distinct procedural rules for Law Officer and Supreme Court appeals","Specific technical requirements for documents (foolscap paper, 13x8 inches, 1.5 inch margins, one-sided)","Cross-references to the Designs Act 1906 and Patents Act 1903"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set out the administrative procedures for registering industrial designs under the Designs Act 1906, governing how designers, manufacturers, legal agents, and the Registrar secure and manage protection for the appearance of manufactured articles. \n\nThey matter because they create a formal system—applications, novelty examination, marking rules, a public register, and appeals/fees—that gives creators exclusive rights to prevent copying and lets consumers identify genuinely registered designs."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The text itself states these Regulations supersede the provisional regulations (opening paragraph) but does not expand or narrow the substantive rights under the Designs Act 1906. Instead they furnish implementing procedures — forms, fees, classifications, timing and appeal mechanics — for administering the Act (see Regs 1,3,5,First/Second/Third Schedules). No provision in the Regulations purports to change the statutory scope of design protection set by the Act."},"complexity_factors":["Detailed documentary and format requirements for applications and representations (Reg 9; Reg 16; Third Schedule forms).","Comprehensive fee schedule with class‑based distinctions and many small administrative charges (Reg 5; Second Schedule).","Two‑tier appeal structure (appeal to Law Officer then Supreme Court) with procedural steps and service obligations (Regs 26–36).","Registrar’s discretionary powers over recognition of agents, waiving requirements, enlarging time, and corrective amendments (Regs 13,49,51,53,59).","Register maintenance, rectification and publication duties interacting with court orders (Regs 37–47).","Prescribed classification of 14 article classes that determines application scope (First Schedule).","Multiple time limits and notice requirements for hearings, responses, and appeals (Regs 18,21–24,26,32).","Signature, declaration and evidence rules including overseas attestation (Regs 15,41,48–50)."],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations put into practice the Designs Act 1906 by setting out the administrative rules for registering designs: required forms and representations, a 14‑class classification, fees, office hours, marking rules, the Register’s content and correction process, and appeal routes. They replace the earlier provisional regulations. \n\nThey affect design applicants, owners and agents (who pay fees and supply drawings — Regs 5,16; Second & Third Schedules), and vest procedural discretion in the Registrar over agents, hearings, corrections and time extensions (Regs 13,51,53,59)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/designs-regulations-1906","history":"/api/acts/designs-regulations-1906/history","analysis":"/api/acts/designs-regulations-1906/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/designs-regulations-1906/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/designs-regulations-1906/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/designs-regulations-1906/documents"}}