Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TRADE MARKS ACT 1995 - SECT 55

             (1)  Unless the proceedings are discontinued or dismissed, the Registrar must, at the end, decide:

                     (a)  to refuse to register the trade mark; or

                     (b)  to register the trade mark (with or without conditions or limitations) in respect of the goods and/or services then specified in the application;

having regard to the extent (if any) to which any ground on which the application was opposed has been established.

Note:          For limitations see section 6.

             (2)  Without limiting subsection (1), if the application was opposed on the ground specified in paragraph 62(a) (that the application, or a document filed in support of the application, was amended contrary to this Act), the Registrar may revoke the acceptance of the application and examine the application again under section 31.

Note:          For examine and this Act see section 6.