SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5 Patents: miscellaneous amendments
Power to extend time limits
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In section 123 of the Patents Act 1977 (rules), after subsection (3) insert—
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It is hereby declared that rules—
a
authorising the rectification of irregularities of procedure, or
b
providing for the alteration of any period of time,
may authorise the comptroller to extend or further extend any period notwithstanding that the period has already expired.