Patents, Designs and Marks Act 1986

4 Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be cited as the Patents, Designs and Marks Act 1986.

(2) The amendment or repeal of any enactment by this Act has the same extent as that enactment.

(3) Subject to subsection (2) above, this Act extends to Northern Ireland.

(4) The following provisions of this Act shall extend to the Isle of Man, subject to any exceptions, adaptations or modifications contained in an Order made by Her Majesty in Council—

(a) section 1 so far as it relates to paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 1;

(b) section 2(1);

(c) section 2(3) so far as it relates to paragraphs 1(2)(e)(i) and (ii), 2(2)(b), 3 to 7 and 9 to 12 of Schedule 2 ;

(d) section 3(1) so far as it relates to the [1938 c. 22.] Trade Marks Act 1938 ;

(e) section 3(2); and

(f) this section.

(5) Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for extending to the Isle of Man, with such exceptions, adaptations or modifications as may be specified in the Order, sections 1 and 3(1) above so far as they relate to the [1949 c. 88.] Registered Designs Act 1949 and the [1977 c. 37.] Patents Act 1977.

(6) Section 1 above (with Schedule 1) and section 3 above, so far as it relates to Part I of Schedule 3, shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint and different days may be appointed in pursuance of this subsection for different provisions or different purposes of the same provision.

(7) Section 2 above (with Schedule 2) and section 3 above, so far as it relates to Part II of Schedule 3, shall come into force on the same day as the [1984 c. 19.] Trade Marks (Amendment) Act 1984; but anything done before their commencement which, if it had been done after it, would have constituted an application for the registration of a service mark shall be treated as if it had been done immediately after it.