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Article 30 Transitional provisions

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(1)

This rule applies where—

(a)

the period for the payment of a renewal fee prescribed by the original rule 39 expires before 1st October 2005, and

(b)

the period specified by section 25(4) as amended by the Patents Act 2004 (“the late payment period”) ends after 1st October 2005.

(2)

Paragraphs (3) and (4) have effect in relation to the additional fees prescribed for late payment.

(3)

The fee prescribed by the original Fees Rules in respect of the month of the late payment period in which 1st October 2005 falls shall (as from that date) continue to be the fee prescribed, but the period in respect of which it is prescribed shall not expire until the end of 31st October 2005.

(4)

The additional fees prescribed in respect of the remainder of the late payment period shall be the fees prescribed for the remaining months of that period by the amended Fees Rules.