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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-rules-2006/article-41",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-rules-2006/article-41.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1975",
  "legislation_title": "The Registered Designs Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-designs-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/41",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": "Delays in communication services",
  "text": "(1) The registrar shall extend any time or period in these Rules where he is satisfied that the failure to do something under these Rules was wholly or mainly attributed to a delay in, or failure of, a communication service.\n(2) Any extension under paragraph (1) shall be—\n(a) made after giving the parties such notice; and\n(b) subject to such conditions,\nas the registrar may direct.\n(3) In this rule “communication service” means a service by which documents may be sent and delivered and includes post, electronic communications and courier.",
  "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/41",
    "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."
}