Section 101 — Powers of Registrar

(1)The Registrar may, for the purposes of deciding whether to appoint a rental waiver assessor to determine an application made under section 100, request the PTO applicant to provide further information within the time specified by the Registrar.

(2)The Registrar may reject an application if —

(a)the application is incomplete or otherwise not made in accordance with section 100(2);

(b)the PTO applicant fails to satisfy the Registrar that section 100(4) is complied with;

(c)the PTO applicant fails to comply with the Registrar’s request under subsection (1);

(d)the Registrar reasonably suspects that any information provided by the PTO applicant to the Registrar is false or misleading in a material particular; or

(e)it appears to the Registrar, from the application or any information provided by the PTO applicant, that the application is frivolous or an abuse of process.

(3)Unless the Registrar rejects an application under subsection (2), the Registrar must appoint a rental waiver assessor to determine the application and must serve a notice of the appointment on the PTO applicant and the persons mentioned in section 100(4).[Act 26 of 2021 wef 05/10/2021]