s 5A Division of application for registration
5A.—(1) Subject to this section and any rules made under subsection (3), an application for registration of a trade mark may, at the request of the applicant, be divided into 2 or more separate applications for registration of the trade mark.[3/2007] (2) A request under subsection (1) —(a) must be made to the Registrar —(i) in the prescribed manner; and (ii) before the trade mark is registered; and (b) is subject to the payment of such fee as may be prescribed.[3/2007] (3) The Minister may make rules for the purposes of this section and may, in those rules, provide for —(a) the circumstances in which an application for registration of a trade mark may be divided; (b) the conditions to be satisfied before a request under subsection (1) may be granted by the Registrar; and (c) the effect of dividing an application for registration of a trade mark into 2 or more separate applications for registration of the trade mark.[3/2007]