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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-rules-2006/article-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-rules-2006/article-39.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1975",
  "legislation_title": "The Registered Designs Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/39",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Extension of times or periods prescribed by Rules",
  "text": "(1) The registrar may, if he thinks fit, extend (or further extend) any time or period prescribed by these Rules, except the periods prescribed by—\n(a) rule 10(1) (period prescribed for the purposes of section 3(5)); and\n(b) rule 13(2) (period for making an application for restoration),\n(but those periods may be extended under rules 38, 40 and 41).\n(2) Any extension under paragraph (1) shall be made—\n(a) after giving the parties such notice, and\n(b) subject to such conditions,\nas the registrar may direct.\n(3) An extension may be granted under paragraph (1) notwithstanding that the time or period prescribed by the relevant rule has expired.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1975/article/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:24:55.526032+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."
}