{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/schedule-A1/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/schedule-A1/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/37",
  "legislation_title": "Patents Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977",
  "path": "schedule/A1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Exemption for small farmers",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph 3 does not apply to a farmer who is considered to be a small farmer for the purposes of section 9(10) of the Plant Varieties Act 1997.\n(2) It is for a farmer who claims to be a small farmer to prove that he is such a farmer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. A1 inserted (28.7.2000) by S.I. 2000/2037, reg. 8(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. A1 para. 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Intellectual Property (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1050), regs. 1(2), 39(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/37/schedule/A1/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:24:17.133485+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."
}