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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-contracting-out-functions-in-relation-to-applications-for-patents-order-2002/article-5",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2002/0110429672",
  "legislation_title": "The Contracting Out (Functions in Relation to Applications for Patents) Order 2002",
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  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Supplementary",
  "text": "Anything which is authorised or required by or under any provision or rule listed in Schedule 2 to this Order to be referred to an examiner of the Patent Office may be referred, wholly or partly, to such person (if any) as may be authorised by virtue of article 4 above.",
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  "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."
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