5. For rule 13 there is substituted—
13.—(1) A reference under section 11(5) shall be made on Patents Form 2/77 and shall be accompanied by a copy and by a statement in duplicate setting out fully—
(a)the question referred;
(b)the facts upon which the person making the reference relies; and
(c)the period or terms of the licence which he is prepared to accept or grant.
(2) The comptroller shall send, except to the person who made the reference, a copy of the reference and statement to—
(a)every person in whose name the application is to proceed or, as the case may be, who makes the new application; and
(b)every person claiming to be entitled to be granted a licence,
and any such person who receives a copy of the reference and statement may, before the end of the period of six weeks starting on the date the copies were sent to him, file a counter-statement (which must be in duplicate) setting out fully his grounds of objection.
(3) The comptroller shall send a copy of the counter-statement to the person who made the reference.
(4) The comptroller may give such directions as he thinks fit with regard to the subsequent procedure.
(5) In this rule, a reference to section 11 includes a reference to that section as applied by section 12(5).”.