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Designs Act, 1993 (Act No. 195 of 1993)

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Designs Regulations, 1999

46. Discretionary power

 

 

(1) Before any discretionary power given to the registrar by the Act or these regulations is exercised to the detriment of any person, the registrar shall give the person who will be affected by the exercise of such power an opportunity to be heard.

 

(2) Any application for a hearing shall be made within one month from the date on which the registrar gives such person the opportunity to be heard.

 

(3) Upon receiving such application, the registrar shall give the applicant one month's notice of the time when the applicant or his agent may be heard.

 

(4) Within 14 days from the date on which such notice would normally be delivered by post, the person applying shall notify the registrar whether or not he intends to be heard in regard to the matter.

 

(5) The decision of the registrar in the exercise of any such discretionary power shall be conveyed, in writing, to the person affected.