agent is¾
(a)
a legal practitioner; or
(b)
registered as a patent agent in the Register of Patent Agents kept in
terms of the Patents Act; or
(c)
registered as a trade mark agent in the Register of Trade Mark Agents
kept in terms of the Trade Marks Act [Chapter 26:04].
51
Lodging and authentication of documents
(1) Any application, notice or document which, under this Act is required or
permitted to be lodged, made or given at the Designs Office or to the Registrar or to
any other person, may be delivered by hand or sent by registered post.
(2) No authentication shall be required in respect of any document lodged in the
Designs Office under this Act or used in proceedings before the Registrar or the
Tribunal.
52
Notice of trusts not to be entered in Register
No notice of any trust, whether express, implied or constructive, shall be entered in
the Register, and the Registrar shall not be affected by any such notice.
53
Provisions as to fees
(1) Where, under this Act, a fee is payable in respect of¾
(a)
the doing of anything by the Registrar, the Registrar shall not do that
thing until the fee has been paid;
(b)
the doing of anything by any person other than the Registrar, the thing
shall be deemed not to have been done until the fee has been paid;
(c)
the lodging of a document, the document shall be deemed not to have
been lodged until the fee has been paid.
(2) All fees shall be paid at the Designs Office in such manner as the Registrar, with
the approval of the Minister, may accept.
54
Publication of matters in Journal
The Minister may direct the Registrar to publish in the Journal any reports of cases on
layout-designs and other relevant matters that the Minister thinks desirable.
55
Saving of rights in respect of articles forfeited to the State
Nothing in this Act shall affect the right of the State or of any person deriving title
directly or indirectly from the State to sell or use articles forfeited to the President
under any enactment.
56
Regulations
(1) The Minister may make regulations prescribing anything which under this Act is
required or permitted to be prescribed or which, in his opinion, is necessary or
convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act or for its
better administration.
(2) Regulations made in terms of subsection (1) may provide for¾
(a)
the form of applications for the registration of layout-designs and the
form of any copies and drawings and other documents that may be lodged at the
Designs Office;
(b)
the number of copies of any article or document to be lodged at the
Designs Office;
(c)
the procedure to be followed in connection with any application or
request to the Registrar and in any proceedings before him, including the condoning
of procedural irregularities;
(d)
the service of notices and other documents in connection with
proceedings under this Act;
(e)
a tariff of the fees payable in respect of any application, registration or
other matter under this Act;
(f)
the conduct of the business of the Designs Office;
(g)
the provision of services by the Designs Office, including the
provision of information regarding layout-designs, and the fees and charges payable
for such services;