{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-1989/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-1989/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1116",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Amendment) Rules 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-amendment-rules-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PATENTS\nMade 3rd July 1989\nLaid before Parliament 10th July 1989\nComing into force 1st August 1989\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 123(1) and (2) of the Patents Act 1977 and after consultation with the Council on Tribunals pursuant to section 10(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 37; section 51 of the Patents Act 1977 was substituted by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48), Schedule 5, paragraph 14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1971 c. 62."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1116/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."
}