534 No. 22 of 2016] Industrial Design (2) Where the Registrar is of the opinion, after conducting an examination, referred to in subsection (1), that an application is not compliant with the requirements of this Act, the Registrar shall notify the applicant, in writing, to make relevant amendments to the application, within a prescribed period. (3) Where the applicant fails, after the notification referred to in subsection (2), to make the relevant amendments to the application, the Registrar shall consider the application to have lapsed, as provided in section thirty-seven. (4) Where an application is found to be compliant with the requirements of this Act, after the examination referred to in subsection (1), the Registrar shall cause to be conducted a novelty search to ascertain the design’s individual character. Acceptance of application 40. Subject to section thirty-seven, where the Registrar is of the opinion that the application, and the design to which it relates, meets the requirements of this Act, the Registrar shall issue or cause to be issued an acceptance of the application for the registration of a design, in a prescribed manner. Publication of acceptance 41. Subject to the other provisions of this Act, the Registrar shall publish the acceptance of an application for the registration of a design in the Industrial Property Journal, as soon as practicable, upon payment of a prescribed fee. Inspection of application 42. Subject to section seventy-five, an application for the registration of a design and all accompanying documents shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, be open for inspection by the public during prescribed hours, after the Registrar has accepted and published the application in accordance with section forty. Opposition to registration of design 43. A person, including the State, may oppose the registration of a design at any time, within a period of two months from the date an application is published, or within such further period as the Registrar may allow, by filing a written notice of opposition to the Registrar, stating any of the following grounds: (a) that the applicant is not entitled in accordance with section twenty-one, to make an application for the registration of a design; (b) that the person making the application or the person through whom the applicant claims the design wrongfully obtained the design from a person opposing the grant;