# Atomic Energy Act 1946, Section 12: Special provisions as to inventions.


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(8) The power of the Minister of Supply and persons authorised by the Minister of Supply under section forty-six of the Patents Act 1949 shall include power to make, use, exercise or vend an invention for such purposes relating to the production or use of atomic energy or research into matters connected therewith as the Minister thinks necessary or expedient, and any reference in that section or in sections forty-seven and forty-eight of that Act to the services of the Crown shall be construed as including a reference to those purposes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/9-10/80/section/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/atomic-energy-act-1946/section-12
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