# The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2005, Article 27: Transitional provisions


(1) Where the period prescribed for the payment of a renewal fee by the original rule 39 expires on or after 1st October 2005, rules 39 to 39C as substituted by rule 6 of these Rules shall apply in respect of that payment.
(2) Where that period expires before 1st October 2005, rule 42 as substituted by rule 8 of these Rules shall have effect as if the reference to rule 39A or 39B were a reference to paragraphs (1) or (2) of the original rule 39.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2496/article/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-2005/article-27
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