{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-electronic-communications-amendment-rules-2003/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-electronic-communications-amendment-rules-2003/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/513",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Electronic Communications) (Amendment) Rules 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-electronic-communications-amendment-rules-2003",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Patents Rules 1995",
  "text": "After paragraph (15) of rule 20 (size and presentation of documents) there shall be inserted—\n“(16) Where the application for a patent is delivered in electronic form or using electronic communications, paragraphs (2) to (10), (13) and (15) shall not apply to the extent that they have been removed or varied by the comptroller in directions made under section 124A and the application shall comply with such directions.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/513/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:30:43.437789+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}