{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-appeal-tribunal-amendment-rules-1970/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1970/1075",
  "legislation_title": "The Registered Designs Appeal Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-appeal-tribunal-amendment-rules-1970",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After rule 5 there shall be inserted the following rule:—\n“5A (1) A party to an appeal before the Appeal Tribunal may appear and be heard either in person or by a patent agent, a solicitor, or counsel.\n(2) In this Rule—\n“counsel” means a member of the Bar of England and Wales or of Northern Ireland or a member of the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland; and\n“patent agent” has the same meaning as it has in the Patents Act 1949. ”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1949 c. 87."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1970/1075/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:57:09.456556+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."
}