{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-competition-commission-transitional-consequential-and-supplemental-provisions-order-1999/article-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/506",
  "legislation_title": "The Competition Act 1998 (Competition Commission) Transitional, Consequential and Supplemental Provisions Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-act-1998-competition-commission-transitional-consequential-and-supplemental-provisions-order-1999",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Patents Act 1977",
  "text": "In the Patents Act 1977 in sections 51(1) (powers exercisable in consequence of report of MMC) and 53(2) (statements in reports to be prima facie evidence) for “Monopolies and Mergers Commission” in each place where it occurs substitute “Competition Commission”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 37. A new section 51 was substituted by paragraph 14 of Schedule 5 to the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48) paragraph 15 of which amended section 53(2)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/506/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:59:52.636218+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}