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(1) Subject to subregulation (2), where a trade mark has not been registered after six months from the date of the advertisement in the Gazette of the application for registration of the mark, the Registrar may give notice in writing to the applicant at his address for service of the non-completion, and if after twelve months from the date of the advertisement the registration is not completed by reason of default on the part of the applicant, the application shall lapse and shall be removed from the record.

(2) Where the registration of a trade mark is delayed by an opposition to its registration and no appeal to the court is made in the matter, the mark may be registered within such time as may be directed by the Registrar and if the mark has not been registered within that time the application shall lapse and shall be removed from the record.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation the requirements for completion are satisfied when the Registrar has received the prescribed fee and, where required, the representation referred to in subregulation 52(2).