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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-2004-commencement-no-2-and-consequential-etc-and-transitional-provisions-order-2004/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/3205",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential, etc. and Transitional Provisions) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-2004-commencement-no-2-and-consequential-etc-and-transitional-provisions-order-2004",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of the 2004 Act",
  "text": "1st January 2005 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the 2004 Act—\n(a) section 5 (for the purposes of the provisions mentioned in sub-paragraphs (i) and (j) below);\n(b) section 6;\n(c) section 7;\n(d) sections 10 to 12;\n(e) section 14;\n(f) section 16(1) (for the purposes of the provisions mentioned in sub-paragraph (k) below);\n(g) section 16(2) (for the purposes of the entries in Schedule 3 relating to provisions brought into force by this article and to the amendment of section 106 of the 1977 Act);\n(h) section 16(3);\n(i) paragraphs 1, 6, 7 and 8, and paragraph 9(1), (2)(a) and (3), of Schedule 1;\n(j) paragraph 9(2)(b) of Schedule 1 (for the purposes of the Patent Co-operation Treaty);\n(k) paragraphs 1, 5, 8, 10 to 14, 16, 17, 19, 20 to 22, 25, 27 and 28 of Schedule 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3205/article/2",
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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."
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