s 23 Registration of the same industrial design in respect of other articles
(1) Where an industrial design has been registered in respect of any article and the owner thereof makes an application— (a) for registration, in respect of one or more other articles, of the registered industrial design; or (b) for registration, in respect of the same or one or more other articles, of an industrial design consisting of the registered industrial design with modifications or variations not sufficient to alter the character or substantially to affect the identify thereof, the application shall not be refused, and the registration made on that application shall not be invalidated by reason only of the previous registration, or of any disclosure or use after the priority date in respect of the application for the previous registration, of the industrial design registered on that application. (2) The period of registration of an industrial design registered by virtue of this section shall not extend beyond the period of registration of the original registered industrial design and any extended period thereof.