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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intellectual-property-act-2014-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2014/article-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2330",
  "legislation_title": "The Intellectual Property Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intellectual-property-act-2014-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2014",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Transitional provision regarding the patent opinions service",
  "text": "Section 16(4) of the Act applies where a request for an opinion is made under section 74A(1) of the Patents Act 1977 on or after the commencement date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c.37; section 74A was inserted by section 13(1) of the Patents Act 2004 (c.16) and is amended by section 16(1) of the Act (section 16(1) is brought into force by this Order)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2330/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:04:18.420102+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."
}