Trade Marks Act 2002

Legal proceedings - Border protection measures - Inspection of goods that bear infringing sign

155: Inspection of goods

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"You can ask to look at goods linked to trade mark issues"

If you claim to have an interest in certain goods, you can ask to inspect them. These goods might be related to a notice, an investigation, or legal proceedings about trade marks. The chief executive or a Customs officer must let you look at the goods if they have them.

You can look at the goods during normal office hours. If you want, you can also ask to take the goods or a sample of them somewhere else to inspect them. But you need to get approval first, and there might be rules about how long you can keep them and what you can do with them.

If you want to inspect the goods, you need to tell the chief executive or Customs officer at least 72 hours before you want to look at them. Sometimes, they might let you give less notice, but you should check with them first.

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Part 4Legal proceedings
Border protection measures: Inspection of goods that bear infringing sign

155Inspection of goods

  1. The chief executive or a Customs officer must permit a person who claims to have an interest in goods or proceedings to which section 143 or section 153 applies to inspect the goods if the chief executive or Customs officer has, in his or her possession, goods to which any of the following apply:

  2. a notice given under section 137:
    1. an investigation under section 143:
      1. proceedings under section 153.
        1. A person who claims to have an interest in goods may—

        2. inspect the goods during normal office hours; or
          1. with the approval of the chief executive or Customs officer, remove the goods or a sample of the goods to a place, for a specified period, and on any conditions specified by the chief executive or Customs officer for the purpose of inspecting them.
            1. Any person who wishes to inspect any goods under this section must give the chief executive or Customs officer not less than 72 hours notice of his or her intention to inspect those goods, or any lesser notice period specified by the chief executive or Customs officer for that purpose.