(1) The declaration referred to in section 6(4) shall be made at the time of filing of the application for the industrial design and shall indicate—
(a) the date of the earlier application;
(b) the number of the earlier application, subject to sub-regulation 2;
(c) the symbol of the International Classification for Industrial Designs which has been allocated to the earlier application, subject to subregulation (3);
(d) the State in which the earlier application was filed or, where the earlier application is a regional or an international application, the State or States for which it was filed;
(e) where the earlier application is a regional or international application, the office with which it was filed.
(2) Where at the time of filing the declaration referred to in sub-regulation (1) the number of the earlier application is not known, that number shall be forwarded within 3 months from the date on which the application containing the declaration was filed.
(3) Where a symbol of the International Classification for Industrial Designs has not been allocated to the earlier application, or had not yet been allocated at the time of filing the declaration referred to in subregulation (1) the applicant shall state this fact in the said declaration and shall communicate such symbol as soon as it has been allocated.
(4) The applicant may, at any time before the registration of the industrial design, amend the contents of the declaration referred to in subregulation (1).
(5) The period for furnishing the certified copy of the earlier application, referred to in section 6(5), shall be 3 months from the date of the request by the Registrar and where a copy has already been furnished for another application, the applicant may respond by making a reference to that application.
(6) Where the earlier application is in a language other than English, the applicant shall, within 6 months from the date of the afore-mentioned request, furnish an English translation of the earlier application verified by the translator that the translation is to the best of his or her knowledge complete and faithful.
(7) Unless the Registrar requests otherwise, the earlier application and any translation thereof shall be filed in one copy.