29Disputes between applicants

29 Disputes between applicants

(1) This section applies if a dispute arises between 2 or more persons in relation to whether, or in what manner, a design application should proceed. (2) The Registrar may, on a request made in accordance with the regulations by any of the persons, make any determinations the Registrar thinks fit for either or both of the following purposes: (a) enabling the application to specify which of those persons is an entitled person in relation to a design disclosed in the application; (b) regulating the manner in which the application is to proceed. (3) A person mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) must be: (a) the applicant; or (b) a person who asserts that the person is an entitled person in relation to a design disclosed in the application.