# The Designs (International Registration of Industrial Designs) Order 2017, Paragraph 3


Section 3A (determination of applications for registration) applies—
(a) with the substitution for subsection (3) of—
“(3) If it appears to the registrar that the holder of an international registration making a request for international registration (UK) of a design in respect of which protection has been applied for in a convention country is not the person who applied for protection in that country (or that person’s personal representative), he shall refuse the request”;
(b) with the substitution in subsection (4) for “register that thing or that design” of “confer protection for that design or thing so that it becomes a protected international registration (UK).”;
(c) with the insertion after subsection (4) of—
“(5) Where the registrar—
(a) refuses a request for international registration (UK); or
(b) proceeds with the grant of a request for international registration (UK) on consideration of the applicant’s observations or representations or successful appeal of a decision to refuse a request for international registration (UK),
the registrar must notify the International Bureau in accordance with Article 12 of the Geneva Act and Rule 18 of the Common Regulations.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111160794/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-designs-international-registration-of-industrial-designs-order-2017/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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