Distinction is drawn between existence of licence and its ceasing to have effect.

Failure to pay the renewal fee leads to the patent ceasing to have effect.

Ceasing to have effect (3) The direction ceases to have effect when the person appears again at a port of entry and an officer proceeds to examine the person.

Where an international registration is based on an application, as allowed under the Protocol, there is an increased risk of losing the international registration as a result of the basic application ceasing to have effect.

The obligation set forth in paragraph 1 shall only apply for as long as the Decision is applicable, ceasing to have effect on the date that the Decision is repealed, suspended or expires without being renewed.

In some cases, there will be no consequences from the instrument ceasing to have effect as the Law will be amended by the CLERP Act in a way that incorporates the effect of the instruments or otherwise makes the instrument unnecessary.

A re-enacted legislative instrument set out in the schedule that was repealed or that otherwise ceased to have effect prior to the coming into force of these Regulations is not by virtue of these Regulations revived in respect to any period subsequent to its repeal or ceasing to have effect.