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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-2004-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2005/introduction",
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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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PATENTS\nMade 5th September 2005\nComing into force 1st October 2005\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 17 of the Patents Act 2004:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2004 c. 16."
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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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