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and services covered by the registered trade mark is taken to be the date of registration of the registered trade mark.
 (3) The protected international trade mark has the priority date of the registered trade mark in respect of all the goods and services covered by the registered trade mark.
 (4) The holder of the protected international trade mark may file an application in the approved form for particulars of the international registration of the trade mark to be entered in the Register.
 (5) If the Registrar receives an application under subregulation (4), the Registrar must:
 (a) enter the particulars in the Register; and
 (b) notify the International Bureau in accordance with rule 21 of the Madrid Regulations.
 (6) This regulation does not affect the rights and protections conferred under the Act in respect of the registered trade mark.

17A.55  Effect of cancellation, removal or expiry of registered trade mark
 (1) Subregulations 17A.54(2) and (3) cease to apply if:
 (a) the registration of the trade mark is cancelled (otherwise than at the request of the registered owner); or
 (b) the trade mark is removed from the Register.
 (2) However, if the registration of the trade mark expires or is cancelled at the request of the registered owner, those subregulations continue to apply.

Division 9—Change in ownership of international registration

17A.56  Application of Division
  This Division applies if the Registrar receives notification from the International Bureau of a change of ownership of the international registration of a trade mark that is the subject of an IRDA or is a protected international trade mark.
Note: Change of ownership is defined in regulation 17A.2 to include assignment or transmission.

17A.57  Collective trade marks
  If the trade mark is a collective trade mark, the Registrar must make a declaration in accordance with rule 27(4) of the Madrid Regulations that the change of ownership has no effect in Australia.

17A.58  Protected certification trade marks
 (1) If the trade mark is a certification trade mark that is a protected international trade mark, the Registrar must make a declaration to the International Bureau in accordance with rule 27(4) of the Madrid Regulations that, subject to subregulation (2), the change of ownership has no effect in Australia.
 (2) If the Registrar receives evidence in writing of the consent of the Commission to the change of ownership, the Registrar must notify the International Bureau that the change of ownership may be given effect in Australia.

17A.58A  Unprotected certification trade marks
 (1) If the trade mark is a certification trade mark that is the subject of an IRDA, and:
 (a) a copy of the IRDA and the rules governing the use of the certification trade mark has been received by