If any clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Part shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph or section thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 10 § 405.44