(1) An application for the registration of a layout‐design shall be in writing and shall be filed with the Registrar.

(2) A separate application shall be filed for each layout‐design.

(3) The application shall

(a) contain a request for registration of the layout‐design in the register and a brief and precise designation of the layout‐design;

(b) indicate the name, address, nationality and residence of the applicant;

(c) be accompanied with a power of attorney appointing the representative of the applicant, if any;

(d) be accompanied with a copy or drawing of the layout‐design together with information defining the electronic function which the integrated circuit is intended to perform but the application may omit parts of the copy or drawing that relate to the manner of manufacture of the integrated circuit, in so far as the parts submitted are sufficient to allow the identification of the layout‐design;

(e) specify the date of first commercial exploitation of the layout‐design anywhere in the world or indicate that the exploitation has not commenced; and

(f) provide particulars establishing the right to protection under section 3.

(4) Where an application does not comply with the requirements of subsection (3), the Registrar shall notify the applicant of the defects and invite the applicant to correct the defects within the prescribed period.

(5) Where the defects are corrected within the prescribed period, the Registrar shall accord as the filing date, the date of receipt of the application, on condition that, at the time of receipt, the application

(a) contained an express or implicit indication that the registration of a layout‐design is requested;

(b) contained indications allowing the identity of the applicant to be established; and

(c) was accompanied with a copy or drawing of the layout‐design.

(6) Where the requirements of subsection (5) are not compiled with at the date of receipt of the application but are complied with within the prescribed period, the date of receipt of the required correction shall be the filing date of the application.

(7) The Registrar shall confirm the filing date and communicate it to the applicant.

(8) Where the defects are not corrected within the time limit the application shall be treated as if it had not been filed.

(9) An application for protection of a layout‐design is subject to the payment of the prescribed fee.

(10) Where the fee is not paid, the Registrar shall notify the applicant that if the payment is not made within a prescribed period the application shall be treated as if it had not been filed.