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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-trade-mark-regulations-2016/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-trade-mark-regulations-2016/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/299",
  "legislation_title": "The European Union Trade Mark Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-trade-mark-regulations-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Trade Marks\nMade 3rd March 2016\nLaid before Parliament 7th March 2016\nComing into force 6th April 2016\nThe Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to intellectual property (including both registered and unregistered rights).\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section, by sections 52 and 78 of the Trade Marks Act 1994 and by the Department of Trade and Industry (Fees) Order 1988.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/608."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), section 27(1) and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), section 3(3) and Part 1 of the Schedule."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1994 c.26; section 52(3) was amended by the Legal Services Act 2007 (c.29), section 208, Schedule 21, paragraphs 109 and 110."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/93 as amended by S.I. 1990/1473, which was made under section 102 of the Finance Act (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51). The relevant provisions of the Order are article 5 and Part II of Schedule 1."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/299/introduction",
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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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