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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-2004-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-provisions-order-2007/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3396",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-2004-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-provisions-order-2007",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of the 2004 Act",
  "text": "13th December 2007 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the 2004 Act—\n(a) section 1;\n(b) section 2(1);\n(c) section 2(2);\n(d) section 2(5);\n(e) section 3;\n(f) section 4;\n(g) section 5 (for the purposes of the provisions mentioned in paragraphs (j) and (k) below);\n(h) section 16(1) (for the purposes of the provisions mentioned in paragraph (l) below);\n(i) section 16(2) (for the purposes of the entries in Schedule 3 relating to provisions brought into force by this article);\n(j) paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5 and 9(4) of Schedule 1;\n(k) paragraph 9(2)(b) of Schedule 1 (for the purposes of the European Patent Convention); and\n(l) paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of Schedule 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3396/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:40:19.972141+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."
}