(5) If the registrar accepts the application subject to any conditions,
amendments, disclaimer, modifications or limitations, the registrar shall
communicate the acceptable to the applicant in writing.
(6) If the applicant objects to the conditions, amendments, disclaimer,
modifications or limitations communicated to him or her under
subregulation (5) the applicant shall within one month from the date of the
communication apply for a hearing or communicate his or her considered
objections in writing; if the applicant does not do so, he or she shall be
taken to have withdrawn the application.
(7) If the applicant does not object to the conditions, amendments,
disclaimer, modifications or limitations, he or she shall immediately
notify the registrar in writing, and alter the application accordingly.
24. Decision of registrar.
(1) The decision of the registrar at a hearing or without a hearing if
the applicant has duly communicated his or her considered objections or
considered reply in writing, and has stated that he or she does not desire
to be heard, shall be communicated to the applicant in writing.
(2) If the applicant objects to the decision of the registrar under sub
regulation (1), the applicant may within one month from the date of the
registrar’s decision apply in Form TM 4, requiring the registrar to state
in writing the grounds of, and the materials used by the registrar in
arriving at the decision.
(3) In a case where the registrar makes any requirements to which
the applicant does not object, the applicant shall comply with the
requirements before the registrar issues the statement in writing.
(4) The date when the statement is sent to the applicant shall be
taken to be the date of the registrar’s decision for the purposes of appeal.
(5) The registrar may call on an applicant to insert in an application
such disclaimer as the registrar may think fit, in order that the public
generally may understand what the applicant’s rights, shall be if the
mark is registered.
2003