520 No. 22 of 2016] Interpretation 2. Industrial Design In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “Agency”means the Patents and Companies Registration Agency established under the Patent and Companies Registration Act, 2010; “applicant” means a person who applies for registration of a design and includes a person making any other formal application in accordance with this Act; “ARIPO” means the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation established by an agreement adopted at Lusaka on 9 December, 1976; “article” includes any substance, material, equipment, machinery or apparatus whether affixed to land or not; “artistic work” means work of any of the following descriptions: (a) paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings and photographs irrespective of artistic quality; (b) works of architecture, being either buildings or models for buildings; or (c) works of artistic craftsmanship not falling within paragraph (a) or (b); “assessor” means a person who is an expert in Intellectual Property or any relevant field appointed by the Registrar; “assignee” means a person who derives title to a design from a proprietor; “authorised person” includes a contractor, subcontractor, firm or corporation who is authorised, in writing, to undertake an activity for noncommercial purposes for or on behalf of the Government; “Board” means the Board of the Agency constituted in accordance with the Patents and Companies Registration Agency Act, 2010; “child” has the meaning assigned to it in the Constitution; “compulsory licence” means a licence granted by the Minister, in accordance with, and for the purposes stated in, section eighty-one; “convention application” means an application for the registration of a design from a convention country; “convention country” means a country or an intergovernmental body which is party to the Paris Convention; “corresponding design” in relation to an artistic work means a design which, when applied to an article, results in a reproduction of that work;