Citation, commencement, extent and application
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Unified Patent Court (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2018 and comes into force on the date on which the Protocol enters into force in accordance with Article 18 of the Protocol(1).
(2) The Order extends to the whole of the United Kingdom subject to paragraph (3).
(3) Article 9 extends to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only(2).
(4) In Scotland—
(a)articles 5, 6, 7, 11, 16, 17 and 18 do not apply in so far as they would, if included in an Act of the Scottish Parliament, be within the legislative competence of that Parliament;
(b)article 8 does not apply to devolved taxes or local taxes to fund local authority expenditure (within the meaning of the exceptions to Section A1 (fiscal, economic and monetary policy) of Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998(3).
The date on which the Protocol enters into force in the United Kingdom will be published on the relevant page on UK Treaties Online which can be found at this link: https://www.gov.uk/uk-treaties.
The setting of non-domestic rates is within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament by exemption to Section A1 of Schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998 c.46. Section A1 was amended by section 23(5) of the Scotland Act 2012 (c.11).
1998 c.46. Section A1 was amended by section 23(5) of the Scotland Act 2012 (c.11).