If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this Part be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder hereof but shall be applied in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or section hereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 19 § 429.9