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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-enterprise-act-2002-protection-of-legitimate-interests-order-2003/schedule-4/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2003/0110458214",
  "legislation_title": "The Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-enterprise-act-2002-protection-of-legitimate-interests-order-2003",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Patents Act 1977 (c. 37)",
  "text": "(1) In section 50A of the Patents Act 1977 (powers exercisable following merger and market investigations)—\n(a) the reference in subsection (1)(a) to section 66(6) of the Enterprise Act 2002 shall have effect as if it included a reference to article 12(7) of the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003;\n(b) the reference in subsection (1)(a) to paragraph 5(2) or 10(2) of Schedule 7 to the Enterprise Act 2002 shall have effect as if it included a reference to paragraph 5(2) or 10(2) of Schedule 2 to the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003;\n(c) the reference in subsection (6) to section 63 of the Enterprise Act 2002 shall have effect as if it included a reference to article 6 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003;\n(d) the reference in subsection (6) to section 66 of the Enterprise Act 2002 shall have effect as if it included a reference to article 12 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003; and\n(e) the reference in subsection (7) to Part 3 shall have effect as if it included a reference to the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003.\n(2) In section 53(2) of the Patents Act 1977 (statements in certain reports of the Competition Commission to be prima facie evidence of the matters stated) the reference to Part 3 shall have effect as if it included a reference to the Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2003/0110458214/schedule/4/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:25:16.338328+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."
}