Section 48:
Registered users.
(1) Subject to the provisions of section 49, a person other than the registered
proprietor of a trade mark may be registered as a registered user thereof in respect of any or all of the
goods or services in respect of which the trade mark is registered.
(2) The permitted use of a trade mark shall be deemed to be used by the proprietor thereof, and shall
be deemed not to be used by a person other than the proprietor, for the purposes of section 47 or for any
other purpose for which such use is material under this Act or any other law.