Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00545:section:6:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00545
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6 (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 29470–32223

6  Definitions
 (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
action period, in relation to particular seized goods, means the period prescribed by the regulations after notice of a claim for release of the goods is given to the objector under section 136C.
applicant, in relation to an application, means the person in whose name the application is for the time being proceeding.
applied to and applied in relation to have the respective meanings given in section 9.
approved form means a form approved by the Registrar for the purposes of the provision in which the expression appears.
assignment, in relation to a trade mark, means an assignment by act of the parties concerned.
Australia includes the following external Territories:
 (a) Christmas Island;
 (b) Cocos (Keeling) Islands;
 (c) Norfolk Island.
Australian continental shelf has the same meaning as in the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973.
authorised use, in relation to a trade mark, has the meaning given by section 8.
authorised user, in relation to a trade mark, has the meaning given by section 8.
Board has the same meaning as in the Patents Act 1990.
certification trade mark has the meaning given by section 169.
claim period, in relation to particular seized goods, means the period prescribed by the regulations after notice of seizure of the goods is given to the designated owner under section 134.
collective trade mark has the meaning given by section 162.
Commission means the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission established under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.
company means a company registered under the Corporations Act 2001.
Comptroller‑General of Customs means the person who is the Comptroller‑General of Customs in accordance with subsection 11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015.
Convention country means a foreign country or region of a kind prescribed by the regulations.
date of registration means:
 (a) in relation to the registration of a trade mark in respect of particular goods or services other than a trade mark to which paragraph (b) applies—the day from which the registration of the trade mark in respect of those goods or services is taken to have had effect under subsection 72(1) or (2); or
 (b) in relation to a trade mark to which subsection 239A(3) applies—the day referred to in subsection 239A(4).
deceptively similar has the meaning given by section 10.
defensive trade mark has the meaning given by section 185.
Deputy Registrar means a Deputy Registrar of Trade Marks.
Designated Manager has the same meaning as in the Patents Act 1990.
designated owner, in relation to goods imported into Australia, means:
 (a) the person identified as the owner of the goods on the entry made in relation to