{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/section-128A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/section-128A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/37",
  "legislation_title": "Patents Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977",
  "path": "section/128A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "128A",
  "heading": "Compulsory pharmaceutical licences",
  "text": "(1) In this Act a “compulsory pharmaceutical licence” means a compulsory licence granted under Regulation (EC) No 816/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems (referred to in this Act as “the Compulsory Licensing Regulation”).\n(2) In the application to compulsory pharmaceutical licences of the provisions of this Act listed in subsection (3)—\n(a) references to a licence under a patent,\n(b) references to a right under a patent, and\n(c) references to a proprietary interest under a patent,\ninclude a compulsory pharmaceutical licence.\n(3) The provisions referred to in subsection (2) are—\nsections 32 and 33 (registration of patents etc);\nsection 37 (determination of right to patent after grant);\nsection 38 (effect of transfer etc of patent under section 37), apart from subsection (2) and subsections (3) to (5) so far as relating to subsection (2);\nsection 41 (amount of compensation);\nsection 46(2) (notice of application for entry that licences are available as of right);\nsection 57(1) and (2) (rights of third parties in respect of Crown use).\n(4) In the following provisions references to this Act include the Compulsory Licensing Regulation—\nsections 97 to 99B, 101 to 103, 105 and 107 (legal proceedings);\nsection 119 (service by post);\nsection 120 (hours of business and excluded days);\nsection 121 (comptroller’s annual report);\nsection 123 (rules);\nsection 124A (use of electronic communications);\nsection 130(8) (disapplication of Part 1 of Arbitration Act 1996).\n(5) In section 108 (licences granted by order of comptroller) the reference to a licence under section 11, 38, 48 or 49 includes a compulsory pharmaceutical licence.\n(6) References in this Act to the Compulsory Licensing Regulation are to that Regulation as amended from time to time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 128A, 128B inserted (17.12.2007) by The Patents (Compulsory Licensing and Supplementary Protection Certificates) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3293), regs. 1(2), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 128A(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/801, reg. 3(b) (as substituted by The Intellectual Property (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1050), regs. 1(2), 27)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 128A(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Patents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/801), regs. 1, 3(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 128A(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Patents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/801), regs. 1, 3(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 128A(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Patents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/801), regs. 1, 3(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 128A heading substituted (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/801, reg. 3(a) (as substituted by The Intellectual Property (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1050), regs. 1(2), 27)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/37/section/128A",
    "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."
}