Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DESIGNS ACT 2003 - SECT 119

             (1)  A document or instrument in respect of which an entry has not been made in the Register is not admissible in evidence in a court as proof of title to a design, or an interest in a design, except as follows:

                     (a)  in the case of an application under section 120;

                     (b)  if the court concerned directs that the document or instrument is admissible.

             (2)  However, subsection (1) does not restrict the admissibility in evidence in a court of a document or instrument in relation to a PPSA security interest.

Note:          Certain particulars relating to registrations in respect of PPSA security interests under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 are admissible in evidence: see section 174 of that Act.