DISCRETIONARY POWER
Hearing
99.  Before exercising adversely to any person any discretionary power given to the Registrar by the Act or these Rules, the Registrar shall, if so required, hear such person thereon.
Request for hearing
100.  Except where rule 29 or 30 applies, a request for a hearing under rule 99 shall be filed within one month from the date of the notification by the Registrar of any objection to an application or the date of any other indication that he proposes to exercise a discretionary power.
Notice of hearing
101.—(1)  Upon receipt of a request filed under rule 99, the Registrar shall send to the person making the request a notice of a time when he may be heard which shall be not less than 10 days from the date of the notice.
(2)  If the person making the request intends to be heard on the matter, he shall, within 5 days from the date of the notice, file notice of his intention; if he does not do so he may be treated as not intending to be heard.
Hearing before Registrar
102.  The hearing before the Registrar of any dispute between two or more parties relating to any matter in connection with a registered trade mark or an application to register a trade mark shall be in public unless the Registrar, after consultation with those parties to the dispute who are represented at the hearing, otherwise directs.
Notification of decision
103.  The decision of the Registrar in the exercise of any such discretionary power as aforesaid shall be notified to the person affected.