facts on which he relies. A copy of the application shall be sent by the
Registrar to the registered proprietor and thereupon the provisions of
regulations 23 and 24 shall apply.
28. In the event of an application for the grant of a compulsory licence Costs
or for the cancellation of the registration of a design being uncontested
by the proprietor, the Registrar, in deciding whether costs should be
awarded to the applicant, shall consider whether proceedings might
have been avoided if reasonable notice had been given by the applicant
to the registered proprietor before the application was lodged.
29. (1) Where any person desires to obtain the information which he is Searches
entitled to obtain under section twenty-eight and can furnish the
registration number of the design, he shall apply in Form No. 24 and the
Registrar shall thereafter furnish him with the information aforesaid.
(2) Where the applicant is unable to furnish the registration number of a
design, he shall apply in Form No. 25 and furnish in duplicate to the
Registrar a representation or specimen of the design applied to an article
and the Registrar shall thereupon make such search among designs
applied to such articles as may be possible, and shall furnish such
information as can properly be given.
(3) The Registrar shall, upon application for the purpose made in Form
No. 26, accompanied in duplicate by a representation or specimen of a
design applied to an article, cause a search to be made among registered
designs and state whether the design as applied to that article appears to
be identical with, or closely to resemble, any registered design applied
to such article of which the copyright is still existing.
30. Copies of any entry in the register, or copies of, or extracts from, Certified copies
designs, representations, specimens and other public documents in the of entries, etc.
Office, or of or from registers and other records kept there, certified by
the Registrar, may be furnished by the Registrar upon receipt of a
request therefor in Form No. 27 from any person who, if the Registrar
thinks fit so to require, can show an interest in the entry, matter or thing
to his satisfaction. The Registrar shall not be obliged to include in the
certificate a copy of any representation or specimen, unless he is
furnished by the applicant with a copy thereof suitable for the purpose.