Registered Designs Act 2000 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Administrative and Other Supplementary Provisions
64. Hours of business and excluded days
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Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Designs referred to in section 49 and includes any Deputy Registrar of Designs referred to in that section;
the hours of business of the Registry; and
the days which are to be treated as excluded days.
The Minister may prescribe the effect of doing any business under this Act —
on any day after the hours of business of the Registry; or
on any day which is an excluded day.
For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) —
different hours of business may be specified for different classes of business;
different excluded days may be specified for different classes of business; and
different effects of doing business —
outside the hours of business of the Registry; or
on an excluded day,may be prescribed for different classes of business.