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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patent-agents-non-recognition-of-certain-agents-by-comptroller-rules-1990/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1454",
  "legislation_title": "The Patent Agents (Non-recognition of Certain Agents by Comptroller) Rules 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patent-agents-non-recognition-of-certain-agents-by-comptroller-rules-1990",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules authorise, in accordance with section 281 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks to refuse to recognise certain persons as agents in respect of any business under the Patents Act 1949, the Registered Designs Act 1949 or the Patents Act 1977.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1454/note",
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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."
}