s 18A Deferment of publication
18A.—(1) An applicant may, when filing the applicant’s application for registration of a design, request that any publication under section 18 of the design be deferred for the prescribed period after the date of filing of that application.[16/2012] (2) A request under subsection (1) must be made in the prescribed manner and accompanied by the prescribed fee.[16/2012] (3) Despite section 18, the Registrar must defer the publication under that section of a design which is the subject of a request under subsection (1) for the prescribed period referred to in that subsection.[16/2012] (4) The Minister may make rules to provide for the deferment of the publication under section 18 of a registered design and for matters relating thereto.[16/2012]