Article 36 Time limits

The time prescribed for the purposes of section 3(6), which relates to non-completion of an application, shall be twelve months from the date of the application, and for those purposes the time prescribed for a subsequent application for the registration of a design excluded from an earlier application (as is referred to in rule 34 above) shall be twelve months from the date of the earlier application.

Provided that the application or the subsequent application for a design so excluded may be completed at any time after twelve months but within fifteen months of the date aforesaid, if a request for an extension of time is made on Designs Form 8 accompanied by the prescribed fee.