Clause 10

by deleting the word “The” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “Except as otherwise provided in section 16A, the”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsections:“(4) An application may be filed under subsection (1) for the registration of 2 or more designs, if —

the articles, non‑physical products, or sets of articles and non‑physical products, to which any of those designs is intended to be applied, as specified in the application, fall within the same class, or (if they fall within more than one class) all of the same classes, under the classification mentioned in section 75(1)(c), as the articles, non‑physical products, or sets of articles and non‑physical products, to which each of the other designs is intended to be applied, as specified in the application; and

the application complies with such other requirements as may be prescribed.(5) Every application filed under subsection (1) for the registration of 2 or more designs is to be treated as if a separate application had been filed under that subsection for the registration of each of those designs.”.