43Registrar must refuse to register certain designs

43 Registrar must refuse to register certain designs

(1) The Registrar must refuse to register a design if: (a) the design is a design, or belongs to a class of designs, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph; or (b) the Registrar must not register the design because of section 18 of the Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987; or (c) the design is in relation to a product that is: (i) an integrated circuit within the meaning of the Circuit Layouts Act 1989; or (ii) part of such an integrated circuit; or (iii) a mask used to make such an integrated circuit; or (d) the design is subject to an order under section 108. (2) Subject to section 42, the Registrar must refuse to register a design disclosed in a design application in respect of which the Registrar has given a notification under section 41, if the applicant has not: (a) amended the application; or (b) responded in writing to the notification stating why the applicant considers that the application does not need to be amended; in such a way that the Registrar is satisfied as mentioned in section 39 or 40 in relation to the design application. (3) The Registrar must notify the applicant of a refusal under subsection (1) or (2) and of the reasons for the refusal.