22BAmendment of application etc.

##### 22B Amendment of application etc. (1) The Registrar may, on request made to him in the prescribed manner, amend an application for registration of a design lodged under this Act. (1A) An amendment under subsection (1) shall not be made if, as a result of the amendment, the scope of the application for registration would be increased by the inclusion of matter that was not in substance disclosed in the application for registration as lodged. (2) An appeal lies to the Federal Court from a refusal by the Registrar to amend an application under subsection (1). (3) In this section: > amend, in relation to a representation of an article to which a design is applied, includes the substitution of one representation for another representation. > application for registration of a design includes the representations of the article to which the design concerned is applied and any statement of monopoly or statement of novelty in respect of the design.