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(6)
The registrar shall maintain an index of all registered designs according to their
classification, based on the publication particulars as published in the journal in
accordance with regulation 31.
(7)
The registrar shall cause the entries in respect of registrations in Part A of the
register and those in respect of registrations in Part F of the register to be clearly
identified as such.
Classification
(1)
For the purposes of the registration of aesthetic and functional designs in
accordance with the Act and these regulations, articles to which designs may be
applied shall be classified in accordance with the classification in Schedule 3
hereto, and such classification shall determine the class or classes in which an
application for the registration of a design to be applied to particular articles is to
be filed.
(2)
In the case of doubt as to the class or classes to which any particular article or
description of articles belong and in which an application for the registration of a
design to be applied to such article or articles is to be filed, the registrar shall
determine such class or classes. A request for such determination as to class
shall be lodged on Form D9.
(3)
For the purposes of classifying articles in accordance with Schedule 3 hereto and
of interpreting this Schedule, reference shall be had to the International
Classification of Industrial Designs, originally adopted by the Locarno Union in
1971, as subsequently amended and put into force on 1 January 1989 including
the explanatory notes and the lists of articles and goods contained therein.
(4)
In the event of the International Classification of Industrial Designs being further
amended at any future time, the registrar shall decide if such amendment is to be
applicable for the purposes of subregulation (3) above, and shall in that case, to
the extent that such amendment may necessitate an amendment of Schedule 3
hereto, so amend Schedule 3.
Documents
(1)
Subject to any directions that may be given by the registrar all documents, other
than representations and priority documents, required by the Act or by these
regulations to be filed with the registrar shall be in one of the official languages of
the Republic.
(2)
All such documents shall be so presented as to permit reproduction by
photography, reprography or electronic means of an unlimited number of copies.
Where paper forms are used, only one side of a sheet shall be used, except
where otherwise specified.
(3)
Save as specifically provided otherwise, all documents shall be on A4 paper,
which shall be strong, pliable and durable or in such electronic form as authorised
by the registrar for electronic services. Each sheet shall be used with its short
sides at the top and bottom (except where inappropriate in the case of
representations).
(4)
Except for representations and priority documents lodged in terms of regulation
17 (2), the minimum margins (which shall be kept completely blank) shall be as
follows:
Top:
Left side:
20 mm
25 mm