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Designs Act 1906
11False representations about the Designs Office
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##### 11 False representations about the Designs Office
(1) A person must not use, in connection with his or her business, words that would reasonably lead to the belief that his or her office is, or is officially connected with, the Designs Office.
Penalty: $3,000.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a person who:
(a) places, or allows to be placed, on the building in which his or her office is situated; or
(b) uses when advertising his or her office or business; or
(c) places on a document, as a description of his or her office or business;
the words “Office for registering designs”, or words of similar import, whether alone or together with other words, is guilty of an offence against that subsection.