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Designs Act 2003
144AApproved means of filing documents
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#### 144A Approved means of filing documents
(1) For the purposes of section 144, the Registrar may, by writing, determine one or more means for filing a document with the Designs Office.
(2) The means may be an electronic means or any other means.
(3) The Registrar must publish a notice, in accordance with the regulations, setting out the determination.
(4) The Registrar may, in a determination under subsection (1), specify that one or more means for filing a document with the Designs Office are preferred means.
> Note: Under the regulations, reduced fees may be payable for filing a document by preferred means.
(5) A determination under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.