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The Registered Designs (Amendment) Rules 1999
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King's Printer of Acts of Parliament
2011-07-04
DESIGNS
These Rules amend the Registered Designs Rules 1995 (S.I. 1995/2912). In addition to minor and drafting amendments, these Rules:—make provision for the particular size and number of documents and representations of designs filed before the registrar (rules 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9);make provision for the form of certificate and omit Schedule 2 (rules 10 and 21);make provision for the registrar to vary time limits where he considers it appropriate and to call case management conferences or set pre-hearing reviews in relation to the exercise of his discretionary powers (rules 12, 13 and 14);make provision for the giving of evidence by witness statement and the calling of witnesses in certain circumstances (rules 15, 16 and 17);extend the hours during which public inspection of the register is permitted, to between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on business days (rule 18);extend the hours for certain transactions of business of the Patent Office from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. (rule 19);make Tuesday 4th January 2000 an excluded day; that is to say a day on which the Patent Office is closed for the purposes of the transaction by the public of business with that Office (rule 20); andomit the requirement to use Designs Form 9A in relation to extensions for further periods of five years (rule 11).
The Registered Designs (Amendment) Rules 1999
The Registered Designs Rules 2006
rule 47
sch 3
Citation, commencement and transitional18
In rule 67 (inspection by public), for the words “between the hours of ten a.m. and four p.m.” substitute “between the hours of nine a.m. and five p.m.”.