Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) There is to be at least one Deputy Registrar of Trade Marks.
(2) Subject to any direction by the Registrar, a Deputy Registrar has all the powers and functions of the Registrar, except the powers of delegation under section 206.
(3) A power or function of the Registrar, when exercised by a Deputy Registrar, is taken to have been exercised by the Registrar.
(4) The exercise of a power or function of the Registrar by a Deputy Registrar does not prevent the exercise of the power or function by the Registrar.
(5) If the exercise of a power or function by the Registrar is dependent on the opinion, belief or state of mind of the Registrar in relation to a matter, that power or function may be exercised by a Deputy Registrar on his or her opinion, belief or state of mind in relation to that matter.
(6) If the operation of a provision of this Act or another Act
is dependent on the opinion, belief or state of mind of the Registrar in
relation to a matter, that provision may operate on the opinion, belief or
state of mind of a Deputy Registrar in relation to that matter.