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As published
3C Date of registration of designs.
(1) Subject as follows, a design, when registered, shall be registered as of the date on which the application was made or is treated as having been made.
(2) Subsection (1) above shall not apply to an application which is treated as having been made on a particular date by section 14(2) of this Act or by virtue of the operation of section 3B(3) or (5) of this Act by reference to section 14(2) of this Act.
(3) A design, when registered, shall be registered as of—
(a) in the case of an application which is treated as having been made on a particular date by section 14(2) of this Act, the date on which the application was made;
(b) in the case of an application which is treated as having been made on a particular date by virtue of the operation of section 3B(3) of this Act by reference to section 14(2) of this Act, the date on which the earlier application was made;
(c) in the case of an application which is treated as having been made on a particular date by virtue of the operation of section 3B(5) of this Act by reference to section 14(2) of this Act, the date on which the original application was made.
Your change, as a redline
3C Date of registration of designs.
(1) Subject as follows, a design, when registered, shall be registered as of the date on which the application was made or is treated as having been made.
(2) Subsection (1) above shall not apply to an application which is treated as having been made on a particular date by section 14(2) of this Act or by virtue of the operation of section 3B(3) or (5) of this Act by reference to section 14(2) of this Act.
(3) A design, when registered, shall be registered as of—
(a) in the case of an application which is treated as having been made on a particular date by section 14(2) of this Act, the date on which the application was made;
(b) in the case of an application which is treated as having been made on a particular date by virtue of the operation of section 3B(3) of this Act by reference to section 14(2) of this Act, the date on which the earlier application was made;
(c) in the case of an application which is treated as having been made on a particular date by virtue of the operation of section 3B(5) of this Act by reference to section 14(2) of this Act, the date on which the original application was made.
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