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#### 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.