Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

TRADE MARKS REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 21.19

  (1)   If:

  (a)   information that is available to the Registrar is relevant to proceedings before the Registrar; and

  (b)   the Registrar has reason to believe that the information is not known to a party to the proceedings; and

  (c)   the Registrar proposes to take the information into account in making a decision in the proceedings;

before making the decision the Registrar must:

  (d)   provide the information to the party; and

  (e)   give the party a reasonable opportunity to make representations about the information.

  (2)   For the purposes of paragraph   (1)(e), the representations may be made in writing or at a hearing or by such other means as the Registrar reasonably allows.