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accordance with subregulation 16.3(3):
 (a) a person requests the Commission in writing to hold a conference on a matter included in the initial assessment; and
 (b) no person otherwise responds in writing to the Commission in relation to a notice under subregulation 16.3(2) or a publication under subregulation 16.3(3);
the Commission must hold the conference before it makes a decision on the application.
 (2) As soon as practicable after the Commission receives a request under subregulation (1) for a conference, the Commission must:
 (a) invite the applicant and any other person mentioned in subregulation (1):
 (i) to attend the conference; and
 (ii) to make an oral or written submission at the conference on the views expressed by another person that are mentioned in subparagraph (b)(ii); and
 (b) give to the applicant and any other person mentioned in subregulation (1):
 (i) reasonable notice of the time, date and place of the conference; and
 (ii) a reasonable opportunity to express views that are relevant to the conference, either orally at, or by written submission before or during, the conference; and
 (iii) a copy of each written submission to which subparagraph (ii) refers that is made by another person.
 (3) If, in the period that ends 1 month after the date the initial assessment is published in a computer database maintained by the Trade Marks Office in accordance with subregulation 16.3(3):
 (a) a person requests the Commission in writing to hold a conference on a matter included in the initial assessment; and
 (b) a person otherwise responds in writing to the Commission in relation to a notice under subregulation 16.3(2) or a publication under subregulation 16.3(3);
the Commission must hold the conference before it makes a decision on the application.
 (4) As soon as practicable after the Commission receives a request under subregulation (3) for a conference, the Commission must:
 (a) invite the applicant and any person who has responded in writing to the Commission:
 (i) to attend the conference; and
 (ii) to make an oral or written submission at the conference on the views expressed by another person that are mentioned in subparagraph (b)(ii); and
 (b) give to the applicant and any person who has responded in writing to the Commission:
 (i) reasonable notice in writing of the time, date and place of the conference; and
 (ii) a reasonable opportunity to express views that are relevant to the conference, either orally at, or by written submission before or during, the conference; and
 (iii) a copy of each response to which paragraph (3)(b) refers, and of each written submission to which subparagraph (ii) refers, that is made by another person.
 (5) If a person who is invited to attend a conference:
 (a) informs