# The Retention and Sale of Registration Marks Regulations 2015, Paragraph 14


After regulation 15 there is added—
“Transitional provisions
16. (1) Subject to regulation 5, where a right of retention is granted before 9th March 2015, the “relevant period” for the purposes of these Regulations ends on the date stated in the retention document as being the date on which the retention period ends.
(2) In this regulation “retention document” means the document referred to in regulation 10(2B)(a).
(3) Paragraph (4) applies where a sum has been paid to the Secretary of State by virtue of regulation 7(b) and the right of retention expired before 9th March 2015 without having been exercised.
(4) Where this paragraph applies, the condition specified in regulation 15(2)(a) is treated as having been fulfilled and the period specified in regulation 15(2)(d) is treated as having started with the date on which the right ceased to be exercisable.
(5) Subject to paragraph (6), where the Secretary of State issued a retention document before 9th March 2015, the grantee or an agent of the grantee may not use a website to make an application under these Regulations in relation to the right of retention.
(6) Paragraph (5) shall not apply where the retention document states a unique identification reference in respect of the right or—
(a) the grantee or an agent of the grantee applies to the Secretary of State for the allocation of a unique identification reference in respect of the right;
(b) this application is accompanied by the retention document; and
(c) the Secretary of State allocates such a reference and notifies the applicant of it.
(7) Where—
(a) the Secretary of State issued a retention document before 9th March 2015; and
(b) the Secretary of State has not allocated a unique identification reference in respect of the right of retention,
the conditions specified in paragraph (8) apply in place of the condition provided for in regulations 4A(3) and 15(2)(c).
(8) For the purposes of paragraph (7) the conditions are that the application was made in writing and the applicant has submitted the retention document relating to the right of retention.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/193/schedule/1/paragraph/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/retention-and-sale-of-registration-marks-regulations-2015/schedule-1/paragraph-14
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