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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-2004-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2005/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2471",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-2004-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2005",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of the 2004 Act",
  "text": "1st October 2005 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the 2004 Act—\n(a) section 8;\n(b) section 9;\n(c) section 13;\n(d) section 15;\n(e) section 16(1) (for the purposes of the provisions of Schedule 2 mentioned below);\n(f) section 16(2) (for the purpose of the entry in Schedule 3 relating to the repeal made by paragraph 18 of Schedule 2);\n(g) paragraphs 6, 9, 15, 18 and 26(2) of Schedule 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2471/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:55.114072+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."
}