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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977-commencement-no-2-order-1978/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1978/586",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents Act 1977 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977-commencement-no-2-order-1978",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Sections 1 to 52, 53 (except subsection (1)), 54 to 59, 60 (except subsection (4)), 61 to 76, 77 (except subsections (6), (7) and (9)), 78 (except subsections (7) and (8)), 79 to 83, 89 to 113, 115 to 129, 131, 132 (except subsection (5)) of, and Schedules 1 to 5 and Schedule 6 (insofar as it is not already in force) to, the Patents Act 1977 shall come into operation on 1st June 1978.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/586/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:36:27.680296+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."
}