Opposition to amendment of regulations
66A.—(1)  Any person may, within 2 months after the date of the publication of the notice referred to in rule 66(3), file with the Registrar —
(a)a notice of opposition to the amendment to the regulations in Form TM 11; and
(b)a statement indicating why the amended regulations do not comply with the requirements of paragraph 6(1) of the First Schedule to the Act, or paragraph 7(1) of the Second Schedule to the Act, as the case may be.
[S 743/2014 wef 13/11/2014]
(2)  The person filing the notice and statement under paragraph (1) shall, at the same time, serve copies of the notice and statement on the proprietor.
(3)  Rules 29(3) to (7) and 31 to 40 shall, with the necessary modifications, apply to the proceedings thereon as they apply to an opposition to an application for registration of a trade mark.
[S 22/2017 wef 31/01/2017]
(4)  For the purposes of the application of the rules referred to in paragraph (3) —
(a)references in those rules to the applicant shall be treated as references to the applicant for the amendment of the regulations;
(b)references in those rules to the application shall be treated as references to the application for the amendment of the regulations;
(c)references in those rules to the date of the publication of the application for registration shall be treated as references to the date of the publication of the notice referred to in rule 66(3);
(d)references in those rules to the notice of opposition shall be treated as references to the notice and statement referred to in paragraph (1); and
(e)references in those rules to the opponent shall be treated as references to the person who filed the notice and statement referred to in paragraph (1).