(a) contain a request for registration of the layout‐design in the register and a brief and precise
designation of the layout‐design;
(b) indicate the name, address, nationality and residence of the applicant;
(c) be accompanied with a power of attorney appointing the representative of the applicant, if any;
(d) be accompanied with a copy or drawing of the layout‐design together with information defining the
electronic function which the integrated circuit is intended to perform but the application may omit
parts of the copy or drawing that relate to the manner of manufacture of the integrated circuit, in so far
as the parts submitted are sufficient to allow the identification of the layout‐design;
(e) specify the date of first commercial exploitation of the layout‐design anywhere in the world or
indicate that the exploitation has not commenced; and
(f) provide particulars establishing the right to protection under section 3.
(4) Where an application does not comply with the requirements of subsection (3), the Registrar shall
notify the applicant of the defects and invite the applicant to correct the defects within the prescribed
period.
(5) Where the defects are corrected within the prescribed period, the Registrar shall accord as the filing
date, the date of receipt of the application, on condition that, at the time of receipt, the application
(a) contained an express or implicit indication that the registration of a layout‐design is requested;
(b) contained indications allowing the identity of the applicant to be established; and
(c) was accompanied with a copy or drawing of the layout‐design.