Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

TRADE MARKS REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 17A.53

             (1)  If the trade mark is a protected international trade mark, the Registrar must register the trade mark.

             (2)  The date of registration of the trade mark is taken to be:

                     (a)  the date of international registration or the date of recording, as applicable; or

                     (b)  if the IRDA in respect of the trade mark included a priority claim, the priority date allowed under that claim.

Note:          The Protocol makes provision for this as 'Replacement of a National or Regional Registration by an International Registration': see Article 4 ^bis .