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#### 41 Registrar must give applicants an opportunity to correct deficiencies
If the Registrar is not satisfied as mentioned in section 39 or 40 in relation to a design application, the Registrar must notify the applicant:
(a) of the matters in relation to which the Registrar is not satisfied; and
(b) that the applicant may request that the Registrar amend the application under section 28; and
(c) that the application will lapse at the end of the period prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of subsection 33(1) unless, during that period:
(i) the application is amended; or
(ii) the applicant responds in writing to the notification stating why the applicant considers that the application does not need to be amended;
and as a result of the amendment or response, the Registrar is satisfied as mentioned in section 39 or 40, as the case requires.