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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order extends to the Isle of Man, subject to exceptions and modifications, certain provisions of Part IV (registered designs) and section 300 (fraudulent use of trade marks) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and certain amendments of the Patents Act 1977 made by Schedule 5 to that Act. It also extends to the Isle of Man repeals of provisions of the Registered Designs Act 1949 and the Patents Act 1977 which are consequential upon the amendment of those Acts by the Act of 1988.