| Date of registration |
| 21. When an application for registration of a trade mark in Part A or in Part B of the register has been accepted and has not been opposed, and the time for opposition has expired, or having been opposed the opposition has been decided in favour of the applicant, the Registrar shall, unless the application has been accepted in error, register the trade mark in Part A or Part B, as the case may be, and the trade mark when registered shall be registered as of the date of the application for registration, and that date shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be the date of registration. |