Industrial Designs Act 1996 · Updated to 1 Jan 2013 · Part III · Registration of Industrial Design
Section 13A
Feedback & supportNotwithstanding any other provision of this Act, where before the commencement of the Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Act 2000 an industrial design applicable to an integrated circuit or part of an integrated circuit within the meaning of that Act or an industrial design applicable to a mask used to make such an integrated circuit was registered under this Act, that registration shall not be extended or restored at any time on or after that commencement.
industrial design
“industrial design” means features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament applied to an article by any industrial process or means, being features which in the finished article appeal to and are judged by the eye, but does not include— (a) a method or principle of construction; or (b) features of shape or configuration of an article which — (i) are dictated solely by the function which the article has to perform; or (ii) are dependent upon the appearance of another article Industrial Designs 9 of which the article is intended by the author of the design to form an integral part;