# The Unified Patent Court (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2017, Article 2: Interpretation


In this Order—
“the Agreement” means the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court done in Brussels on 19th February 2013;
“Committee” means any of the Administrative Committee, the Budget Committee and the Advisory Committee established under Article 11 of the Agreement;
“the Court” means the Unified Patent Court established under Article 1 of the Agreement;
“Deputy-Registrar” means the Deputy-Registrar appointed under Article 25 of the Statute;
“Judge” means a Judge of the Court;
“official activities” in relation to the Court means the activities that are necessary for the purposes and functions conferred upon it by the Agreement and the Statute;
“premises of the Court” means land and buildings made available to the Court by a State party to the Agreement in accordance with Article 37 of the Agreement and used for the official activities of the Court;
“the Presidium” means the Presidium referred to in Article 15 of the Statute;
“the Protocol” means the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the Unified Patent Court done in Brussels on 29th June 2016;
“Registrar” means the Registrar appointed under Article 22 of the Statute;
“Staff” means all personnel employed by the Court as officials and other servants of the Court except the Judges, Registrar and Deputy-Registrar;
“State Party” means a State party to the Protocol; and
“the Statute” means the Statute of the Court as set out in Annex I of the Agreement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111158555/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-unified-patent-court-immunities-and-privileges-order-2017/article-2
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