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4.4  Specification of goods and/or services
 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 27(3)(b) of the Act, the following subregulations set out the manner of specifying, in an application for the registration of a trade mark, the goods and/or services in respect of which registration is sought.
 (2) The expression 'all goods', 'all services', 'all other goods', or 'all other services' must not be used in an application for registration of a trade mark to specify the goods and/or services in respect of which registration is sought.
 (3) The goods and/or services must be grouped according to the appropriate classes described in Schedule 1.
 (4) The applicant must nominate the class number that is appropriate to the goods or services in each group.
 (5) The groups must be listed in the order of their class numbers.
 (6) The goods and/or services must, as far as practicable, be specified in terms appearing in any listing of goods and services that is:
 (a) published by the Registrar; and
 (b) made available for inspection by the public at the Trade Marks Office and its sub‑offices (if any).
 (7) If any of the goods and/or services cannot be specified using terms referred to in subregulation (6), the applicant must provide sufficient information to enable the Registrar to decide the classification of the goods and/or services.

4.5  Period for claiming priority for an application
  For the purposes of subsection 29(1) of the Act (which deals with claims for priority), the prescribed period in relation to a claim for a right of priority for an application is 2 working days after filing the application.

4.6  How to claim priority
 (1) For the purposes of subsection 29(1) of the Act (which deals with claims for priority), an applicant must claim a right of priority for an application by filing notice of the claim.
 (2) Any notice under subregulation (1) must specify, in respect of the earlier application or, if there is more than 1 earlier application, in respect of each earlier application:
 (a) the Convention country in which the earlier application was filed at the trade marks office (or its equivalent) of that Convention country; and
 (b) the date on which the earlier application was filed.
 (3) If, as a result of a claim for a right of priority, more than 1 priority date applies in relation to an application, a person who claims a right of priority under subsection 29(1) of the Act must specify the goods and/or services to which each priority date relates.
 (4) The applicant must inform the Registrar of the number allocated to each earlier application in the trade marks office, or its equivalent, of the Convention country in which each