{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/section-131A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/section-131A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/37",
  "legislation_title": "Patents Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977",
  "path": "section/131A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "131A",
  "heading": "Scotland",
  "text": "In the application of this Act to Scotland–\n(a) “enactment” includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament;\n(b) any reference to a government department includes a reference to any part of the Scottish Administration; and\n(c) any reference to the Crown includes a reference to the Crown in right of the Scottish Administration.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 131A inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, arts. 1(2)(3), 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 58 (with saving in art. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/37/section/131A",
    "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."
}