(1) The Registrar shall record as the filing date, the date of receipt of the application, where, at the time of receipt, the application contains indications allowing the identity of the applicant to be established and the required graphic representations of the industrial design.

(2) Where the application did not at the time of receipt, fulfill the requirements referred to in subsection (1), the Registrar shall invite the applicant to file the required correction and shall record as the filing date the date of receipt of the required correction, but if no correction is made the application shall be treated as if it had not been filed.

(3) After recording the filing date, the Registrar shall ascertain whether

(a) the application complies with the requirements of section 5;

(b) the prescribed application fee has been paid; and