Article 5 Substantive examination for novelty

In section 3A (determination of applications for registration), for subsection (4) there shall be substituted—

“(4)

If it appears to the registrar that the application for registration includes—

(a)

something which does not fulfil the requirements of section 1(2) of this Act;

(b)

a design that does not fulfil the requirements of section 1C or 1D of this Act; or

(c)

a design to which a ground of refusal mentioned in Schedule A1 to this Act applies,

he shall refuse to register that thing or that design.”.