Section 11ZC Determination of applications for declaration of invalidity.F1

This section applies where an application has been made to the registrar for a declaration of invalidity in relation to a registration.

If it appears to the registrar that the application has not been made in accordance with any rules made under this Act, he may refuse the application.

If it appears to the registrar that the application has not been made in accordance with section 11ZB of this Act, he shall refuse the application.

Subject to subsections (2) and (3) above, the registrar shall make a declaration of invalidity if it appears to him that the ground of invalidity specified in the application has been established in relation to the registration.

Otherwise the registrar shall refuse the application.

A declaration of invalidity may be a declaration of partial invalidity.