The Designs and International Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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1.—(1) The extension of the duration of the right in a re-registered design or a re-registered international design under section 8 of the Act is subject to the payment of a renewal fee and payment of the additional fee which applies in the circumstances referred to in section 8(4) of the Act.

(2) But no additional fee is payable if the application for extension under section 8(4) of the Act relates to a re-registered design, or a re-registered international design, the right in which expired within the period of six months beginning with exit day and ending with the end of the relevant period.

(3) In sub-paragraph (2), “the relevant period” means the period of six months ending with the day after that on which exit day falls.