Clause 43

by deleting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsection:“(4) If the applicant responds within the period mentioned in this subsection or subsection (3) but fails to satisfy the Registrar that those requirements are met, or to amend the application or provide the additional information or evidence so as to meet them, the Registrar may —

refuse to accept the application;

accept the application but only in relation to the goods or services for which —

registration is sought; and

the requirements for registration have been met; or

give the applicant another opportunity within a prescribed period to make representations, to amend the application or to provide the additional information or evidence.”;

by deleting subsection (4A) (or subsection (5) as renumbered in the 2020 Revised Edition) and substituting the following subsection:“(4A) If the applicant fails to respond within the period mentioned in subsection (3) or (4)(c), the application, or the application insofar as it relates to those goods or services for which registration is sought but the requirements for registration have not been met, is treated as withdrawn, but the Registrar must accept the application in relation to those goods and services for which registration is sought and the requirements for registration have been met.”; and

by inserting, immediately after the word “registration” in subsection (5) (or subsection (6) as renumbered in the 2020 Revised Edition), the words “in relation to all of the goods or services for which registration is sought”.