S 575/2017 2
Amendment of rule 21
5. Rule 21(3) of the principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “13 to 21, 23 to 29,” and substituting the words “13 to 29,”.
Saving and transitional provisions
6.—(1) Despite rule 3, rule 13(2) of the principal Rules as in force immediately before 30 October 2017 continues to apply to or in relation to a protected international design (Singapore), if both of the following apply to the international registration designating Singapore the subject of which is the protected international design (Singapore):
(a) the international application for the international registration was made before that date;
(b) the request, in respect of the international registration, for extension of protection to Singapore under the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement, was made before that date.
(2) Despite rule 4, Part III of the principal Rules as in force immediately before 30 October 2017 continues to apply to or in relation to an international registration designating Singapore, if both of the following apply:
(a) the international application for the international registration was made before that date;
(b) the request, in respect of the international registration, for extension of protection to Singapore under the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement, was made before that date.
[G.N. No. S 741/2014]