Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TRADE MARKS ACT 1995 - SECT 68

             (1)  The Registrar must, within the period provided under the regulations, register a trade mark that has been accepted for registration:

                     (a)  if there has been no opposition to the registration; or

                     (b)  in a case where there has been an opposition:

                              (i)  if the Registrar's decision, or (in the case of an appeal against the Registrar's decision) the decision on appeal, is that the trade mark should be registered; or

                             (ii)  if the opposition has been withdrawn; or

                            (iii)  if the opposition has been dismissed under section 222.

Otherwise, the application for the registration of the trade mark lapses.

             (2)  On registering the trade mark, the Registrar must give it a number by which it may be identified.