Industrial Design
[No. 22 of 2016
549
(5) The Minister responsible for defence may, where it appears
that the publication or communication of an application for the
registration of a design and the information contained therein, is no
longer prejudicial to the defence of the country or the safety of the
public, give notice to the Registrar to revoke the directions and,
subject to any conditions imposed by the Minister, extend the time
for doing anything required to be done, in accordance with this Act,
in respect of the application, whether that time had previously expired
or not.
(6) Where it appear to the Minister responsible for defence or
the Registrar, that the person making an application for the
registration of a design has suffered hardship by reason of the
continuation in force of the directions issued in accordance with in
section seventy-five, the Minister may, in consultation with the
Minister responsible for finance, make such payment, by way of
compensation, to the applicant, as the Minister may consider
reasonable.
(7) A person aggrieved by the amount of compensation paid
in accordance with subsection (6) may, within three months of
being paid the compensation, appeal to the court.
77. A person who contravenes any provision of section seventyfive, commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction, to a fine
not exceeding two hundred thousand penalty units or to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.
Penalty
PART XIII
CONTRACTUAL AND COMPULSARY LICENCE
78. (1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, a proprietor
or a successor in title may grant a licence, in respect of a registered
design, to another person by way of a licence contract.
(2) A licence contract shall be in writing, signed by both parties
and lodged with the Registrar, by either party, in a prescribed manner.
(3) The Registrar shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, enter
or cause to be entered a licence contract in the Register.
(4) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the Registrar
shall issue or cause to be issued a certificate of registration of a
licence contract in a prescribed form to a licensee, where the
requirements of this Part are satisfied.
(5) A certificate of registration shall be prima facie evidence
of any matter in respect of the registration of the licence contract.
Licence
contract