Paragraph 1

Functions conferred by or under any of the following provisions of the Patents Act:

(a)

section 17^f1 (other than subsection (2)) (preliminary examination and search); and

(b)

section 18^f2 (substantive examination).

Annotations

f1: Words in subsection (7) of section 17 were substituted by section 295 of, and paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 5 to, the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48) (“the 1988 Act”). Subsection (8) of section 17 was added by section 295 of, and paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 5 to, the 1988 Act.
f2: Subsection (1A) of section 18 was inserted by section 295 of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to, the 1988 Act.