Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) The Registrar must assess the adequacy of a statement of grounds and particulars.
(2) If the Registrar decides that the statement is adequate, the Registrar must give a copy of the statement to the applicant.
(3) If the Registrar decides that the statement is inadequate:
(a) the Registrar may direct the opponent to rectify the inadequacy by filing more information on the basis for one or more of the grounds; or
(b) if all the grounds are inadequately particularised, the Registrar may dismiss the opposition; or
(c) if only some of the grounds are inadequately particularised, the Registrar may:
(i) delete from the statement some or all of the material that is inadequate; and
(ii) treat the result as the statement for the purposes of these Regulations; and
(iii) give a copy of the amended statement to the opponent.
(4) If the Registrar decides that the statement is still inadequate after the information is filed under paragraph (3)(a):
(a) the Registrar may dismiss the opposition; or
(b) the Registrar may:
(i) delete from the statement some or all of the material that is inadequate; and
(ii) treat the result as the statement for the purposes of these Regulations; and
(iii) give a copy of the amended statement to the opponent.
(5) If the Registrar decides that the information filed under paragraph (3)(a) rectifies the inadequacy of the statement, the Registrar must give a copy of the statement and the information filed in relation to paragraph (3)(a) to the applicant.
(6) The opponent may apply to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of a decision under this regulation to dismiss the opposition or delete material from the statement of grounds and particulars.
(7) Regulation 5.4 does not apply to this regulation.