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Statutory Instruments
Patents
Made
5th September 2016
Laid before Parliament
8th September 2016
Coming into force
for the purposes of rules 3(b), 9 and 17
6th April 2017
for all other purposes
1st October 2016
The Secretary of State makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 19(1), 32(2) and 123 of the Patents Act 1977(1).
1977 c.37; see section 123(1) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “rules”; section 32 was substituted by the Patents, Designs and Marks Act 1986 (c.39), Schedule 1, paragraph 4 and amended by section 13(3) of the Patents Act 2004 (c.16) (there are other amendments to section 32 but none is relevant), section 123 was amended by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c.48), Schedule 5, paragraph 29. There are other amendments to section 123 which are not relevant to these Rules.
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