220Objections to registration

#### 220 Objections to registration 220 Objections to registration > > (1) Any person may lodge with the Industrial Registrar a notice of objection to an application for registration. The notice must be lodged within 28 days after publication by the applicant of the notice of the application in a newspaper or within 28 days after being notified by the Industrial Registrar of the application (whichever last occurs). > > > (2) The notice of objection must set out with reasonable particularity the ground or grounds of the objection and the facts and circumstances relied on as establishing those grounds, and must be verified by statutory declaration. > > > (3) A copy of the notice of objection must be served on the applicant for registration by the objector within 7 days after lodging the objection with the Industrial Registrar. > > > (4) After conducting a hearing into any objections to an application for registration, the Industrial Registrar is to determine the application. The Industrial Registrar may determine the application without a hearing if there are no objections. > > > (5) The procedure to be followed at any hearing in connection with objections to registration is, subject to the rules of the Commission, to be as directed by the Industrial Registrar. > > Note. > > Section 194 provides for an appeal to the Commission against a decision of the Industrial Registrar on the application for registration by the applicant or an objector. > > **s 220:** Am 2016 No 48, Sch 1 \[73\]; 2023 No 41, Sch 1.2\[68\].