19.—(1) For the purposes of the registration of a trade mark, goods and services are classified according to the Nice Classification as in force on the date of the application for registration of the trade mark.
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(2) Every application shall contain, for each class of goods or services to which the application relates —
(a)
the class number as set out in the Nice Classification as in force on the date of that application; and
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(b)
a specification of those goods or services which —
(i)
is appropriate to that class;
(ii)
is described in such a manner as to —
(A)
indicate clearly the nature of those goods or services; and
(B)
allow those goods or services to be classified in accordance with the Nice Classification as in force on the date of that application; and
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(iii)
complies with any other requirement of the Registrar.
(2A) For the purpose of paragraph (2)(b), the applicant may adopt a specification set out in an approved list of goods or services contained in a practice direction issued by the Registrar.
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(3) An application may be made in respect of more than one class of goods or services in the Nice Classification as in force on the date of that application, and in such a case, the specification shall set out the classes and list under each class the goods or services to which the application relates.
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(4) In the case of an application for registration in respect of all the goods or services included in a particular class in the Nice Classification as in force on the date of that application, or of a large variety of goods or services, the Registrar may refuse to accept the application unless he is satisfied that the specification is justified by the use of the mark which the applicant has made, or intends to make if and when it is registered.