{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/288",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Amendment) Rules 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PATENTS\nMade 27th February 1987\nLaid before Parliament 2nd March 1987\nComing into force\nRules 1, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, and rules 2 and 3 as provided in rule 1(2) 24th March 1987\nRemainder 1st September 1987\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 77(9), 78(8), 120(1) and 123(1), (2) and (3) of the Patents Act 1977, after consultation with the Council on Tribunals pursuant to section 10(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971, and as to rule 3 with the consent of the Treasury pursuant to subsection (4) of the said section 123, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1971 c. 62."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/288/introduction",
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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."
}