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in the course of opposition proceedings under the Act and Regulations, other than the notice of opposition; and
 (h) a document containing any information that the Registrar requires to be held confidentially under paragraph 226A(1)(a) of the Act; and
 (i) a document prepared by the Registrar, a Deputy Registrar or an employee in the Trade Marks Office that contains information obtained from a document to which any of paragraphs (a) to (h) applies, being information that is the reason, or contributes to the reason, why that paragraph applies to the document.

Division 2—Proceedings before the Registrar

21.12  Applications for costs
 (1) For the purposes of section 221 of the Act (which deals with costs), a party to proceedings before the Registrar may apply to the Registrar, in an approved form, for an award of costs in relation to the proceedings.
 (2) An application must be made:
 (a) during the proceedings; or
 (b) within 3 months from:
 (i) the day on which the Registrar makes a decision in the proceedings that ends those proceedings; or
 (ii) the date of the Registrar's notice to the party that the proceedings have been discontinued or dismissed;
  as the case requires.
 (3) Before awarding costs in respect of the proceedings, the Registrar must give each party to the proceedings a reasonable opportunity to be heard in relation to the award of costs.
 (4) If a bill of costs is filed in relation to the proceedings, the bill of costs must be filed within 3 months from the day on which the costs are awarded.

21.13  Award of costs
 (1) For section 221 of the Act, if a matter is mentioned in these Regulations as a matter attracting the award of costs, costs may be awarded:
 (a) in accordance with Schedule 8; or
 (b) if the Registrar has a discretionary power in relation to the award of costs—as the Registrar considers appropriate.
 (2) The costs must be taxed, allowed and certified by an employee appointed by the Registrar.
 (3) The Registrar may review the taxation of costs by the employee.
 (4) In this regulation:
costs does not include the costs mentioned in paragraph 105(2)(b) of the Act.

21.14  Conduct of proceedings generally
 (1) The Registrar may, at the request of a party to proceedings before the Registrar, other than opposition proceedings, give directions in relation to the procedure in the proceedings.
 (2) Directions given under subregulation (1) must not be inconsistent with these regulations.
 (3) The Registrar must not give directions under subregulation (1) unless the Registrar:
 (a) is reasonably satisfied that any person affected by the proposed directions has been notified of the proposed directions; and
 (b) has given any person affected a reasonable opportunity