8Registrar and other officers

##### 8 Registrar and other officers (1) There is to be a Registrar of Designs. (1A) The Registrar has such powers and functions as are conferred on him or her under this Act or any other Act. (2) Until the Governor‑General otherwise determines, the Commissioner of Patents shall be the Registrar of Designs. (3) There is to be at least one Deputy Registrar of Designs. (4) Subject to any direction by the Registrar, a Deputy Registrar has all the powers and functions of the Registrar under this Act or any other Act, except the Registrar’s powers of delegation under section 8A. (5) A power or function conferred or imposed on the Registrar by this Act or any other Act, when exercised or performed by a Deputy Registrar, shall, for all purposes, be deemed to have been exercised or performed by the Registrar. (5A) The exercise of a power, or the performance of a function, of the Registrar under this Act or any other Act by a Deputy Registrar does not prevent the exercise of the power, or the performance of the function, by the Registrar. (5B) Where, under this Act or any other Act, the exercise of a power or function by the Registrar, or the operation of a provision of this Act or any other Act, depends on the opinion, belief or state of mind of the Registrar in relation to a matter: (a) that power or function may be exercised by a Deputy Registrar upon the opinion, belief or state of mind of the Deputy Registrar in relation to that matter; and (b) that provision may operate upon the opinion, belief or state of mind of a Deputy Registrar in relation to that matter.