Updated to 16 September 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 431 of 2025)
Industrial Designs Act 2001
No. 39 of 2001
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Ss. 1-87 | 1 July 2002 | Industrial Designs Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 275 of 2002), art. 2 |
| S. 89(a) | 1 July 2002 | Industrial Designs Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 275 of 2002), art. 2 |
| S. 89(b) | Not yet commenced. Requires commencement order under s. 1(2) | |
| S. 89(c)-(g) | 1 July 2002 | Industrial Designs Act 2001 (Commencement) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 275 of 2002), art. 2 |
| Sch. 1 | See s. 4 | |
| Sch. 2 | See s. 4 |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fees prescribed | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2, 4 & sch. 1 | 1 July 2002 | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2 |
| Registration etc. procedures prescribed | S.I. No. 280 of 2002 | 1 July 2002 | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2 |
| Trans. of cert. functns. under | S.I. No. 418 of 2011, arts. 1(2), 3 & sch. 1 | 29 July 2011 | S.I. No. 418 of 2011, arts. 1(2) |
| S. 2(1) defintion of "Controller" substituted | 19/2019, ss. 1(6), 44 | 2 December 2019 | Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 586 of 2019), art. 2 |
| S. 20 forms prescribed | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2, 9 & sch. 2 | 1 July 2002 | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2 |
| S. 24 classification prescribed | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2, 15 | 1 July 2002 | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2 |
| S. 27 procedure prescribed | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2, 17 | 1 July 2002 | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2 |
| S. 31 form prescribed | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2, 23(1) & sch. 2 | 1 July 2002 | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2 |
| S. 32 period prescribed | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2, 25 | 1 July 2002 | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2 |
| S. 38 times prescribed | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2, 30 | 1 July 2002 | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2 |
| S. 39 appl. | 43/2003, s.2 (2) (a) (ii) | 23 December 2003 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 39 non-application of | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2, 31(2) | 1 July 2002 | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2 |
| S. 57(2) substit. | 31/2006, s. 49 | 11 December 2006 | S. 51(3) |
| S. 81(2) Member States prescribed | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2, 43 | 1 July 2002 | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2 |
| S. 84(1) substit. | 31/2006, s. 50 | 11 December 2006 | S. 51(3) |
| S. 87(3) substit. | S.I. No. 622 of 2007, reg. 7 | 5 September 2007 | |
| S. 88(1) substit. | S.I. No. 622 of 2007, reg. 8(a) | 5 September 2007 | |
| S. 88(2) substit. | S.I. No. 622 of 2007, reg. 8(b) | 5 September 2007 | |
| Sch. 1, para. 4 form prescribed | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2, 53 & sch. 2 | 1 July 2002 | S.I. No. 280 of 2002, regs. 2 |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| S. 9(1) | Industrial Designs (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 31 of 2012) |
| Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) | |
| S. 9(2) | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |
| S. 9(3) | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |
| S. 20(1) | Industrial Designs (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 396 of 2010) |
| Industrial Designs (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 574 of 2004) | |
| Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) | |
| S. 22(4) | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |
| S. 23 | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |
| S. 24(1) | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |
| S. 25 | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |
| S. 27(1) | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |
| S. 30(1) | Industrial Designs (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 396 of 2010) |
| Industrial Designs (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 574 of 2004) | |
| Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) | |
| S. 30(2) | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |
| S. 31(1) | Industrial Designs (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 396 of 2010) |
| Industrial Designs (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 574 of 2004) | |
| Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) | |
| S. 32 | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |
| S. 33(4) | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |
| S. 36(1) | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |
| S. 38(1) | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |
| S. 39(1) | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |
| S. 41(1) | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |
| S. 41(2) | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |
| S. 41(3) | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |
| S. 43(2) | Industrial Designs (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 31 of 2012) |
| Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) | |
| S. 43(3) | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |
| S. 44(1) | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |
| S. 44(3) | Industrial Designs (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 31 of 2012) |
| S. 44(5) | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |
| S. 46(2) | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |
| S. 85 | Industrial Designs (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 587 of 2019) |
| Industrial Designs (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 31 of 2012) | |
| Industrial Designs (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 396 of 2010) | |
| Industrial Designs (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 620 of 2007) | |
| Industrial Designs (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 574 of 2004) | |
| Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) | |
| Sch. 1 para. 3 | Industrial Designs Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 280 of 2002) |